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Jean-Christophe Novelli

Celebrity chef speaker Jean-Christophe Novelli got his start in France, before becoming an international sensation.  Chef Novelli left school at the age of 14 to work at a bakery and gain culinary experience. By the age of 20, he had become a personal chef to the Rothschilds, a family of Austrian nobility. Following his stint cooking for the Rothschild family, he moved to the United Kingdom and began working in various restaurants including the Chewton Glen Hotel in New Milton, Hampshire and Gordleton Mill in Lymington, Hampshire where he won his first Michelin Star as Chef Patron. This success led him to become head chef at the Four Seasons Hotel in London, before eventually opening up his own restaurant Maison Novelli in London. Following Maison Novelli, Chef Novelli continued opening restaurants throughout London, France, and South Africa, all receiving rave reviews. His most proud achievement, however, is the opening of the Novelli Academy, his own culinary school based in his Hertfordshire farmhouse. The Academy has been consistently voted one of the Top Cooking Academies in the World.  Chef Novelli’s culinary expertise has also garnered him the titles of “The Nation’s Favourite French Chef” and “European Chef of the Year.”

In addition to his renowned restaurants and cooking academy, Chef Novelli has become quite the TV personality. He has made many appearances, and has starred on many of the world’s top cooking shows including Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, Britain’s Best Chef, and his very own Bravo TV show Chef Academy. Jean-Christophe has also authored a recipe book entitled “Simply Novelli” which was released in 2013 and explains how to cook French classics quicker, easier, and healthier.  Outside of the kitchen, Jean-Christophe Novelli is engaged to long time girl friend Michelle Kennedy, and is the father of three children: daughter Christina, who works at Novelli’s Academy, and sons Jean and Jacques.

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David Burke

David Burke is one of the most prominent names in the American Culinary Industry.  He’s garnered the reputation as one of the most talented chef’s whose brand stretches from coast-to-coast.  As an esteemed restaurateur, Burke has established a group of restaurants that each have a unique style and feel.  David has based his career success on quality and presentation, which has allowed him to have a signature style in competitive food industry.

Celebrity Chef David Burke rose to national prominence in the early 1990’s as he began to gain recognition from others in the culinary community.  Burke began in the greater New York City area after being raised in New Jersey.  His mastery of the classic French Cuisine was recognized by even the most complex and experience pallets.  In 1992, Burke opened his first restaurant with Smith and Wollensky CEO Alan Stillman called Park Avenue Café.  He soon would take over as the VP of culinary development for the entire Smith and Wollensky restaurant group.  Burke continued to open new and manage more restaurants throughout the 1990’s and 2000’s.  The David Burke Group currently owns and operates 10 different restaurant venues.  Burke also has been a figure on the television screen appearing in the popular cable shows Iron Chef America and Top Chef Masters. 

Due to his celebrity as an expert chef, Burke has also been hired as a consultant to hotels, cruises and food experts.  Burke has won numerous awards throughout his career including 1991 Chef of the Year (Chef’s of America) and 2013 Best Chef’s in America.  His food empire has been largely fueled by his innovative food techniques for which he even earned a patent for in 2011 for his use of Himalayan Pink Salt.  In terms of charity, The David Burke Group supports a number of organizations including The American Cancer Society and City Meals on Wheels.

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Ludo Lefebvre

Ludo Lefebvre grew up in France, but the renowned chef has done his part to make a name for himself in the United States. The media and press can’t seem to stop talking about him—the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and GQ, among others, have ranted and raved about his international flavor, hundreds of spices, and superb restaurants. Celebrity Speaker Ludo was nominated for the Rising Star Award from the James Beard Foundation in 2001, and since then the French chef has put himself up there with the best of the best—he is the only Los Angeles Chef to have received two Mobil Travel Guide Five Star Award for not one but two of his restaurants.

After getting his start as the executive chef of restaurants L’Orangerie and Bastide, which flourished under his spatula, Ludo catapulted himself onto the food scene with his revolutionary concept of Ludobites, a pop-up restaurant that travels to different venues in order to serve dinner, staying at each location for only a few weeks. The affordable yet satiating eating experience has not only been so popular that six weeks of reservations will fill up in less than a minute, but it also earned Ludo the title of “the king of pop-ups” from Bon Appetit. Ludo went on to open his first permanent restaurant Trois Mec with partners Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, and LudoBird, a fried chicken spot in the Staples Center. Ludo’s success and presence on the frontier of a new type of dining experience has everyone ranting and raving and led to the opening of a new restaurant Petit Trois in 2014.

Ludo has authored two cookbooks, Crave: The Feast of the Five Senses in 2005 and LudoBites: Recipes and Stories from the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre, part success story part cookbook, in 2012. From challenging Mario Batali on Iron Chef America and guest judging on Hell’s Kitchen, Ludo is no stranger to television, appearing on NPR, No Reservations, CNN Money, and The Today Show, among others. He is also a judge with Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain, and Marcus Samuelsson on the Emmy-nominated show The Taste. The father of two resides with his family in California.

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Keith McNally

London born Keith McNally, also known as “the restaurateur who invented downtown”, moved to the big apple in 1975 to pursue a career in the restaurant business. He began working in random jobs in various restaurants, as a busboy, oyster-shucker, waiter, maitre d’ and eventually became the manager at the restaurant One Fifth. While McNally was fired from most of these jobs, and deemed lazy by his employers, he gained the experience needed to survive one of the most competitive culinary cities in the world, and quickly became one of the top restaurateurs in New York City.  In 1980 he opened the Odeon, a trendy eatery in Tribeca that infuses classic American, French, and Italian dishes.  Odeon quickly became a favorite of the locals and tourists, and with this success, McNally began expanding his restaurant empire. He went on to open restaurants Café Luxembourg, Nell’s, Lucky Strike, and Pravda, a Russian caviar and vodka bar. The year 1997 brought McNally’s most successful, and famous, restaurant Balthazar. The French brasserie restaurant, located in SoHo, became known as the hottest reservation in the city and maintained this title for several years after opening. The restaurant went on to be featured in popular novels such as The Associate by John Grisham and Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, and films Hitch, with Will Smith, and Woody Allen’s Hollywood Ending. The restaurant is also frequented with celebrities and is the site where comedian Jerry Seinfeld proposed to wife Jessica Sklar. In addition to the restaurant, Balthazar features a bakery, in which the orders and demand for the delicious French pastries became so high that McNally was forced to open a separate wholesale division of the bakery in New Jersey. After the uproar Balthazar’s created across the nation, McNally opened its sister restaurant Pastis, which again became the height of the New York social scene, as it hosted Sarah Jessica Parker’s baby shower, and Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon’s wedding. Most recently, Keith McNally has opened the restaurant Cherche Midi, which follows the French trend set by Balthazar and Pastis.

In addition to the restaurant business, celebrity chef Keith McNally wrote a cookbook entitled The Bathazar cookbook, which contains some of the most coveted recipes from his famed restaurant.  He has also written and directed two feature films. One entitled End of the Night, which is a black and white independent melodrama, and the other, Eat this New York, which details the New York City restaurant business and features celebrity chefs such as Daniel Boulud.

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Shirley Chung

37-year-old Shirley Chung attained a notable amount of fame in the kitchen following her third-place finish on the eleventh season of Bravo’s Top Chef: New Orleans, just barely losing to Nina Compton and Nicholas Elmi. Shirley impressed Padma Lakshmi and her fellow judges with her cuisine without borders, drawing from Chinese, Mexican, Italian, and French traditions.

Before making a splash in the culinary world, Shirley received a business degree from the University of California and worked in Silicon Valley for four years before deciding to refocus on food. Shirley hit the books and the kitchen at the California Culinary Academy, earning a Culinary Art degree.

Shirley started out staging at The French Laundry before taking a position at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon. After moving to Nevada, Shirley opened a Las Vegas location for Thomas Keller’s chain. The Las Vegas culinary scene provided many opportunities to Shirley, who served at Guy Savoy’s self-named French eatery, Mario Batali’s B&B Ristorante, and Jose Andre’s China Poblano. While working at China Poblano, Shirley developed a passion for Mexican cuisine and rediscovered the culinary traditions of her homeland.

When she’s not in the kitchen, Shirley is an avid traveler, always looking for new cultural cuisines to add to her repertoire. In the summer of 2014, Shirley received an offer to take part in the latest celebrity cruise line, Top Chef at Sea. Shirley sets sail with fellow cheftestants Tiffany Derry, Casey Thompson, and Hosea Rosenberg aboard the Celebrity Reflection, headed for the Eastern Caribbean on the 15th of November.

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