Waters, Alice (1944–)

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Waters, Alice (1944–)

American chef and culinary-arts writer. Born April 28, 1944, in Chatham, New Jersey; graduate of University of California, at Berkeley, 1967; trained at Montessori School, London; children: Fanny (b. 1983).

Opened Chez Panisse (1971), offering a single fixed-price menu that changes daily, serving the highest quality food only when in season; created the Chez Panisse Foundation (1996); wrote 8 books, including Chez Panisse Vegetables and Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook, and the children's book, Fanny at Chez Panisse; named Best Chef in America by James Beard Foundation (1992) and one of the 10 best chefs in the world by Cuisine et Vins de France (1986); won James Beard Humanitarian Award (1997). Chez Panisse was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine (2001).

See also Joan Reardon, M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table (Harmony, 1994).