Celebrity Chefs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wolfgang Puck

In the early 1970s, Puck opened his revolutionary Spago in Hollywood, which introduced the world to gourmet pizza. He is probably the best known celebrity chef in the United States, and has created a restaurant, frozen food and publishing empire. Jewish pizza is a pizza with cream cheese, lox and caviar.

Answer: The French Laundry

Taken over by Keller in the 1990s, the French Laundry quickly rose to national prominence. He also operates the restaurants Per Se, in New York City, and Bouchon, in Napa and Las Vegas.

Answer: Roy Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi first opened Roy's in Honolulu in 1988. Since then, the chain has expanded from coast to coast on the mainland U.S. Yamaguchi briefly starred as Iron Chef Asian in the short lived American version of the 'Iron Chef' television program. Wong, Choy and Mavrothalassitis are all Hawaii based chefs.

Answer: Paul Prudhomme

Prudhomme's K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen helped popularize blackened red fish, etouffee, gumbo and jambalaya throughout the U.S. Like Lagasse, Prudhomme was a graduate of Commander's Palace, one of the preeminent training grounds of New Orleans chefs.

Answer: Anthony Bourdain

Bourdain first rose to prominence with his insider book 'Kitchen Confidential', about life in the restaurant business. He then starred in the television Food Network travelogue, 'A Cook's Tour', in which he ate, drank and smoked his way around the globe. He is truly the gonzo journalist of American cuisine.

Answer: Alice Waters

Waters opened Chez Panisse in 1971, when heavily sauced, traditional continental cuisine was America's fine dining of choice. She has been a consistent advocate of lightly sauced dishes with locally grown and raised ingredients.

Answer: Ferran Adria

At his restaurant El Bulli, Adria produces mixtures of art, chemistry and cuisine. He was one of the first to present "foam", broths and creams injected with carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide, as food. Achatz, who is chef and owner of Trio in Evanston, Illinois, is one of the premiere American disciples of this school.

Answer: Nobuyuki Matsuhisa

Before coming to the U.S., Matsuhisa worked in Tokyo, Peru and Argentina. His most prominent restaurants are New York's Nobu and Matsuhisa in Los Angeles. Morimoto, of 'Iron Chef' fame, was fomerly a chef for him at Nobu.

Answer: Sam Choy

The rotund Mr. Choy is a popular Hawaiian chef who has restaurants, books and a television program. However, all of these choices would be seen as somewhat trustworthy by Mr. Choy. Jennifer Peterson is one of the stars of the British cooking series 'Two Fat Ladies'.

Answer: Rick Bayless

Author, television star and proprieter of Frontera Grill in Chicago, Bayless has been an advocate of using local, organic ingredients. That's why some of his fans were surprised and angered when he signed up to help create and advertise a new line of Burger King sandwiches.