Then, when Ms. Shire resigned a year and a half ago, William Poirier was named chef.

Janos Wilder, the owner, was named top chef in the Southwest by the James Beard Foundation in 2000.

Michel Fitoussi, the chef at the Stanhope Hotel, has been named executive chef at Regine's.

For this exploit, his army commander Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer named him chef de bataillon (major).

In November 2010, he was named chef of the Italian Protezione Civile.

One was Craig Shelton, named best chef in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Eric Ripert, the executive chef and an owner of Le Bernardin in Manhattan, was named outstanding chef nationwide.

Food & Wine magazine named him best new chef of 1999.

He was born 25 March 1737, and was named chef de brigade of the 10th Regiment of Cuirassiers on 21 March 1794.

And he has named himself executive chef at his restaurants.