# List of American restaurateurs

This is a list of American restaurateurs. A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* Dolores Alexander
* Ben Ali
* Roy W. Allen
* Linda G. Alvarado
* Ignacio Anaya
* David W. Anderson
* Stuart Anderson
* Hiroaki Aoki
* Andrea Apuzzo
* Ken Aretsky
* Donatella Arpaia
* Anthony Athanas

## B

* E. S. Babcock
* Damon Baehrel
* Jean-Claude Baker
* Kim Bartmann
* Paul Bartolotta
* Joe Bastianich
* Lidia Bastianich
* Mario Batali
* Joe Baum
* Bob Baumhower
* Rick Bayless
* Victor Bergeron
* Maurice Bessinger
* Sherman Billingsley
* Bill Binder
* Jamie Bissonnette
* Richard Blais
* Thomas Boggs
* Justin Bogle
* Ettore Boiardi
* Ghulam Bombaywala
* David Bouley
* Danny Bowien
* Henry L. Bowles
* Gary Brackett
* Ella Brennan
* Owen Brennan
* Ralph Brennan
* Richard Brennan (restaurateur)
* Terrance Brennan
* Coby G. Brooks
* Robert H. Brooks
* Warren Bruno
* Artur Bryant
* Peter Buck
* Aaron Buerge
* Sandra Bullock
* Jim Bunch
* David Burke
* Ernie Byfield

## C

* Alex Cable
* Karyn Calabrese
* Don Callender
* Ransom M. Callicott
* Adrianne Calvo
* Nellie Cashman
* S. Truett Cathy
* David Chang
* Sam Chang
* Leah Chase
* Chris Chelios
* Cecilia Chiang
* Leeann Chin
* Bob Chinn
* Jeffrey Chodorow
* Maneet Chauhan
* Michael Chow
* Ruby Chow
* Sam Choy
* Jim Churchill
* Dick Clark
* Patrick Clark
* Clifford Clinton
* Tyson Cole
* Tom Colicchio
* Sean Combs
* Scott Conant
* Al Copeland
* Michael Cordúa
* Dave Corriveau
* Percy Creuzot
* Ingrid Croce

## D

* Michael DeBatt
* Bobby Deen
* Paula Deen
* Tom Dempsey
* Grant DePorter
* Richard Dermer
* Traci Des Jardins
* Mark DeSaulnier
* Marcel Desaulniers
* Steve DiFillippo
* James Disbrow
* Rocco DiSpirito
* Tom Douglas
* Josh Duhamel
* Henry R. Durand

## E

* E-40
* Clint Eastwood
* Robert Egan
* Graham Elliot
* Steve Ells
* Todd English
* Friedman Paul Erhardt
* Bob Evans

## F

* Tiffani Faison
* Robert Fennell
* Guy Fieri
* Stink Fisher
* Adam Fleischman
* Paul Fleming
* John Folse
* Benson Fong
* Lee Tung Foo
* Shelly Frank

## G

* Jean Galatoire
* Helen Gallagher
* Joe Gannon
* Charlie Geren
* Izzy Gomez
* Glenn Goodart
* Frank Gordy
* Harold Greiner
* Carol Grimaldi
* Nelson G. Gross
* William J. Guste

## H

* Mel Haber
* Alan Hale, Jr.
* William P. Halliday
* Gordon Hamersley
* Nathan Handwerker
* Pete Harman
* Tim Harman
* Irene Hayes
* Dave Heaton
* Irwin Held
* John Hickenlooper
* Henry Hill
* Charles T. Hinde
* Ted Hinton
* Tanya Holland
* Adina Howard
* Eddie Huang
* Howard Hughes
* Andy Husbands
* Chrissie Hynde

## J

* Andrew Jarvis
* Doron Jensen
* Howard Deering Johnson
* Jean Joho
* Peter Jubeck
* Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien

## K

* Johnny Kan
* Burt Katz
* Elaine Kaufman
* Anne Kearney
* Jim Keet
* Thomas Keller
* Matthew Kenney
* David Kim
* Tony Knowles
* James Koskiniemi
* Ray Kroc
* Pat Kuleto
* Ashton Kutcher
* Nancy Kwan

## L

* Emeril Lagasse
* Nicholas Lambrinides
* George Lang
* Ninfa Laurenzo
* Calvin B. T. Lee
* August Heinrich Lehmann
* Warner LeRoy
* Harry Lewis
* Paul Liebrandt
* Bruce Littlefield
* Anita Lo
* Antonia Lofaso
* Eva Longoria
* J. M. Lozano
* Paul Luna
* Barbara Lynch

## M

* Lester Maddox
* Peyton Manning
* George Mardikian
* Herman Marth
* Mariano Martinez
* George Mavrothalassitis
* Tony Maws
* Michael McCarty
* William McCormick
* Billy McGlory
* Robert "Say" McIntosh
* Brian McMenamin
* Thomas McNaughton
* Sean Meenan
* Rich Melman
* Sarma Melngailis
* Julie Menin
* Danny Meyer
* Mary Sue Milliken
* Michael Mina
* Arnie Morton
* Michael Morton
* John Mosca
* John A. Mulheren
* Marc Murphy
* Terrence Murphy
* Kimbal Musk
* Anthony Myint

## N

* Gavin Newsom
* Julian Niccolini
* Drew Nieporent
* Greg Norton
* John Nygren

## O

* Louis P. Ober
* Patrick O'Connell
* Patrick O'Neal
* Suze Orman

## P

* Chris Paciello
* Alex Paez
* Frank Palumbo
* Nicola Paone
* Dellamarie Parrilli
* Daniel Patterson
* Cindy Pawlcyn
* Bob Payton
* Mark Peel (chef)
* Frank Pellegrino
* Claude Philippe
* Harold Pierce
* Odessa Piper
* Stacey Poon-Kinney
* Michael Psilakis
* Wolfgang Puck

## R

* Jay Ramras
* Bill Rancic
* Giuliana Rancic
* O.L. Rapson
* Kent Rathbun
* Rachael Ray
* Mason Reese
* Tony Rezko
* Pascal Rigo
* Jilly Rizzo
* David Robinson
* Nate Robinson
* Phil Romano
* Michael Romanoff
* Romany Marie
* Alan Rosen
* Steve Rubell

## S

* Jeffrey Saad
* Henry Salgado
* Marcus Samuelsson
* Aaron Sanchez
* Colonel Sanders
* Chris Santos
* Bobby Schilling
* Chris Schlesinger
* Alex Schoenbaum
* John Schnatter
* Kurt W. Schuller
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Patrick Schwarzenegger
* Daniel R. Scoggin
* Larry Sconyers
* James Scurlock
* Adam Senn
* Clyde Serda
* Ike Sewell
* Andy Shallal
* Louis Sherry
* Lydia Shire
* Toots Shor
* Nancy Silverton
* Richard Simmons
* Alvin Simon
* Kerry Simon
* B. Smith
* Martin V. Smith
* Arthur K. Snyder
* Thomas N. Soffron
* Stephen Starr
* Felix Stehling
* Frank Stephenson
* Lynn D. Stewart
* Michael Stipe
* Robert A. Straniere
* Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield
* Phil Suarez
* Michael Symon

## T

* Jon Taffer
* Dan Tana
* Joe Theismann
* Dave Thomas
* Frederick Bruce Thomas
* Joe Thum
* Felix Tijerina
* Jet Tila
* Justin Timberlake
* Sue Torres
* Charlie Trotter
* Donald Trump
* Ming Tsai
* Tom Tunney

## U

* Stephen A. Unger

## V

* Donald Valle
* Richard Valle
* John Vartan
* Primo Villanueva
* Michael Voltaggio

## W

* Michael Walrath
* Alice Waters
* Cornell Webster
* Charles Weeghman
* Barton G. Weiss
* Kanye West
* Cathy Whims
* Jasper White
* Michael Whiteman
* Art Whizin
* Bob Wian
* Robert Wiedmaier
* Jody Williams
* Brooke Williamson
* Alan Wilzig
* Barry Wine
* Brad Womack
* Donald Wong
* Sylvia Woods
* Shannon Wynne

## Y

* Bon Yagi
* Mario Yagobi
* Lovie Yancey
* Steven Yeun
* Sang Yoon

## Z

* Geoffrey Zakarian
* Duke Zeibert
* Frederick Hinde Zimmerman
* Steve Zolotow