This is: a list of 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.
This is a dynamic list and may never be, "able to satisfy particular standards for completeness." You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
Restaurateurs※
- GastĂłn Acurio
- Pius Alibek Hermez
- Alex Atala
- Askar Baitassov
- Eddie Blay
- Marcel Boulestin
- Norman E. Brinker
- Ion Luca Caragiale
- Engracia Cruz-Reyes
- Teun van Dijck
- Gato Dumas
- Robert Earl
- Guy Fieri
- Will Guidara
- Károly Gundel
- Juan José Gutiérrez
- Ching Hai
- Leopold Hawelka
- Jean-Pierre Koepp
- Jimmy Lahoud
- Brian McKenna
- Georges Mora
- Ken Oringer
- Ioan Gyuri Pascu
- Jacky Robert
- Sakis Rouvas
- Wilhelmina Skogh
- Eduardo Sousa
- Stephen Starr
- Jean-Philippe Susilovic
- Chin-hui Tsao
- Oscar Tschirky
- MĂłr Ungerleider
- Virgilio MartĂnez VĂ©liz
- Cajsa Wahllund
By nationality※
Australia※
Austria※
Bahrain※
Brazil※
Canada※
See also: List of Canadian restaurant chains, List of Canadian pizza chains, and List of fast-food chains in Canada
- Hugh Acheson
- Shereen Arazm
- Sean Avery
- Nat Bailey
- Joe Beef
- Massimo Capra
- Maggie Cassella
- Christy Chung
- Lynn Crawford
- Meeru Dhalwala
- Danica d'Hondt
- Stefano Faita
- Rob Feenie
- Ryan Gosling
- Wayne Gretzky
- Ryan Holmes
- Hector Jimenez-Bravo
- Harry Kambolis
- Jamie Kennedy
- Susur Lee
- Brad Long
- Mark McEwan
- Robert J. Patterson
- Duke Redbird
- Tim Rozon
- Joey Ghazal
- Guy Rubino
- Michael Smith
- Marc Thuet
- Vikram Vij
- Stephen Yan
- Zal Yanovsky
- Maurice Zbriger
Denmark※
El Salvador※
France※
See also: List of French restaurants
- Antoine Beauvilliers
- Louis Bignon
- Georges Blanc
- Raymond Blanc
- Paul Bocuse
- Joël Dupuch
- Stéphane Froidevaux
- Jean Galatoire
- Jacques Genin
- Michel Guérard
- Jean Joho
- Ludo Lefebvre
- Édouard Loubet
- SĂ©bastien Masi
- Michel Michaud
- Jean-Christophe Novelli
- Claude Philippe
- Thierry Rautureau
- Stéphane Reynaud
- Kilien Stengel
- Jean Sulpice
- Pierre Troisgros
- Roger Vergé
Germany※
Hong Kong※
India※
See also: List of Indian restaurants
Italy※
See also: List of Italian restaurants
Massimo Dobrovic
Japan※
See also: List of Japanese restaurants
Lithuania※
Mexico※
See also: List of Mexican restaurants
New Zealand※
Nigeria※
Norway※
Pakistan※
Russia※
See also: List of Russian restaurants
Spain※
See also: List of restaurants in Barcelona
Sweden※
Thailand※
See also: List of Thai restaurants
Turkey※
United Kingdom※
- Muquim Ahmed
- Enam Ali
- Kaniz Ali
- Siraj Ali
- Jamie Barber
- Aldo Berni
- Frank Berni
- Mark Birley
- Peter Boizot
- Vito Cataffo
- Foysol Choudhury
- Peter Evans
- John Maria Gatti
- Rose Gray
- Nick Jones
- Omar Khan
- Joel Kissin
- Atul Kochhar
- Abdul Latif
- Alvin Leung
- Magnus Lindgren
- Simon Loftus
- Tommy Miah
- David Moore
- Timothy Moxon
- Alan Murchison
- Jean-Christophe Novelli
- HĂĽseyin Ă–zer
- Claude Philippe
- Gordon Ramsay
- Bajloor Rashid
- Mandy Rice-Davies
- Egon Ronay
- Mohammed Sabir
- Siegi Sessler
- Lisa Vanderpump
- Iqbal Wahhab
- Marco Pierre White
- Sarah Willingham
- Simon Wright
- Alan Yau
England※
Scotland※
See also: List of restaurants in Scotland
United States※
Main article: List of American restaurateurs
See also: List of restaurant chains in the United States, List of pizza chains of the United States, and List of restaurant districts and streets in the United States
By type※
Restaurant founders※
Fast casual chain founders※
See also: List of casual dining restaurant chains
Fast-food chain founders※
See also: List of fast food restaurant chains
- Dave Barham
- Burt Baskin
- Glen Bell
- Samuel Truett Cathy
- Derek Cha
- Blake Chanslor
- Andrew Cherng
- George W. Church, Sr.
- Al Copeland
- Lucia Cunanan
- Fred DeLuca
- David Edgerton
- Tom Forkner
- Jack Fulk
- Todd Graves
- Murray Handwerker
- Nathan Handwerker
- Wilber Hardee
- Pete Harman
- Tim Horton
- Howard Deering Johnson
- Ron Joyce
- Carl Karcher
- Margaret Karcher
- Daniel J. Kim
- Ray Kroc
- Young Lee
- Gust E. Lundberg
- Pat McDonagh
- Richard and Maurice McDonald
- James McLamore
- Hugh Morris
- Albert Okura
- Robert O. Peterson
- Harold Pierce
- Irv Robbins
- Joe Rogers, Sr.
- William Rosenberg
- Vernon Rudolph
- Nabi Saleh
- Colonel Sanders
- Ike Sewell
- Troy Smith
- Esther Snyder
- Harry Snyder
- Felix Stehling
- Brody Sweeney
- Tony Tan
- Dave Thomas
- Lovie Yancey
Pizza chain founders※
See also: List of pizza chains and List of pizza franchises
