50 Women Who Changed The Game of Food

Gourmet Magazine published this list of 50 women who had the greatest influence over food in our culture, from an American perspective. These women elevated cooking to an art form. Click on their names to learn more about each woman’s real contributions to real food.

  1. Julia Child
  2. Alice Waters
  3. Fannie Farmer
  4. Martha Stewart
  5. M.F.K. Fisher
  6. Marcella Hazan
  7. Madhur Jaffrey
  8. Judith Jones
  9. Irma S. Rombauer
  10. Hannah Glasse and Mrs. Beeton
  11. Patricia Wells
  12. Lidia Bastianich
  13. Rachael Ray
  14. Elizabeth David
  15. Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso
  16. Maida Heatter
  17. Dorothy Hamilton
  18. Clotilde Dusoulier
  19. Pim Techamuanvivit
  20. Molly Wizenberg
  21. Ree Drummond
  22. Amanda Hesser
  23. Nancy Silverton
  24. Paula Deen
  25. Paula Wolfert
  26. Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray
  27. Anne Willan
  28. Anne–Sophie Pic
  29. Betty Fussell
  30. Barbara Tropp
  31. Donna Hay
  32. Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian
  33. Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton
  34. Ella Brennan
  35. Delia Smith
  36. Edna Lewis
  37. Severine von Tscharner Fleming
  38. Darina Allen
  39. Ina Garten
  40. Elena Arzak
  41. Elizabeth Andoh
  42. Harumi Kurihara
  43. April Bloomfield
  44. Nigella Lawson
  45. Diana Kennedy
  46. Gael Greene
  47. Zarela Martinez
  48. Cat Cora
  49. Soraya Darabi, Alexa Andrzejewski.
  50. Julie Powell

This list came from Gourmet Magazine.