List of American restaurateurs

This is a list of American 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.

A

 * Dolores Alexander
 * Ben Ali
 * Roy W. Allen
 * Linda G. Alvarado
 * Ignacio Anaya
 * David W. Anderson
 * Stuart Anderson
 * Hiroaki Aoki
 * Andrea Apuzzo
 * Ken Aretsky
 * Donatella Arpaia
 * Anthony Athanas

B

 * E. S. Babcock
 * Damon Baehrel
 * Jean-Claude Baker
 * Kim Bartmann
 * Paul Bartolotta
 * Joe Bastianich
 * Lidia Bastianich
 * Mario Batali
 * Joe Baum
 * Bob Baumhower
 * Rick Bayless
 * Victor Bergeron
 * Maurice Bessinger
 * Sherman Billingsley
 * Bill Binder
 * Jamie Bissonnette
 * Richard Blais
 * Thomas Boggs
 * Justin Bogle
 * Ettore Boiardi
 * Ghulam Bombaywala
 * David Bouley
 * Danny Bowien
 * Henry L. Bowles
 * Gary Brackett
 * Ella Brennan
 * Owen Brennan
 * Ralph Brennan
 * Richard Brennan (restaurateur)
 * Terrance Brennan
 * Coby G. Brooks
 * Robert H. Brooks
 * Warren Bruno
 * Artur Bryant
 * Peter Buck
 * Aaron Buerge
 * Sandra Bullock
 * Jim Bunch
 * David Burke
 * Ernie Byfield

C

 * Alex Cable
 * Karyn Calabrese
 * Don Callender
 * Ransom M. Callicott
 * Adrianne Calvo
 * Nellie Cashman
 * S. Truett Cathy
 * David Chang
 * Sam Chang
 * Leah Chase
 * Chris Chelios
 * Cecilia Chiang
 * Leeann Chin
 * Bob Chinn
 * Jeffrey Chodorow
 * Maneet Chauhan
 * Michael Chow
 * Ruby Chow
 * Sam Choy
 * Jim Churchill
 * Dick Clark
 * Patrick Clark
 * Clifford Clinton
 * Tyson Cole
 * Tom Colicchio
 * Sean Combs
 * Scott Conant
 * Al Copeland
 * Michael Cordúa
 * Dave Corriveau
 * Percy Creuzot
 * Ingrid Croce

D

 * Michael DeBatt
 * Bobby Deen
 * Paula Deen
 * Tom Dempsey
 * Grant DePorter
 * Richard Dermer
 * Traci Des Jardins
 * Mark DeSaulnier
 * Marcel Desaulniers
 * Steve DiFillippo
 * James Disbrow
 * Rocco DiSpirito
 * Tom Douglas
 * Josh Duhamel
 * Henry R. Durand

E

 * E-40
 * Clint Eastwood
 * Robert Egan
 * Graham Elliot
 * Steve Ells
 * Todd English
 * Friedman Paul Erhardt
 * Bob Evans

F

 * Tiffani Faison
 * Robert Fennell
 * Guy Fieri
 * Stink Fisher
 * Adam Fleischman
 * Paul Fleming
 * John Folse
 * Benson Fong
 * Lee Tung Foo
 * Shelly Frank

G

 * Jean Galatoire
 * Helen Gallagher
 * Joe Gannon
 * Charlie Geren
 * Izzy Gomez
 * Glenn Goodart
 * Frank Gordy
 * Harold Greiner
 * Carol Grimaldi
 * Nelson G. Gross
 * William J. Guste

H

 * Mel Haber
 * Alan Hale, Jr.
 * William P. Halliday
 * Gordon Hamersley
 * Nathan Handwerker
 * Pete Harman
 * Tim Harman
 * Irene Hayes
 * Dave Heaton
 * Irwin Held
 * John Hickenlooper
 * Henry Hill
 * Charles T. Hinde
 * Ted Hinton
 * Tanya Holland
 * Adina Howard
 * Eddie Huang
 * Howard Hughes
 * Andy Husbands
 * Chrissie Hynde

J

 * Andrew Jarvis
 * Doron Jensen
 * Howard Deering Johnson
 * Jean Joho
 * Peter Jubeck
 * Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien

K

 * Johnny Kan
 * Burt Katz
 * Elaine Kaufman
 * Anne Kearney
 * Jim Keet
 * Thomas Keller
 * Matthew Kenney
 * David Kim
 * Tony Knowles
 * James Koskiniemi
 * Ray Kroc
 * Pat Kuleto
 * Ashton Kutcher
 * Nancy Kwan

L

 * Emeril Lagasse
 * Nicholas Lambrinides
 * George Lang
 * Ninfa Laurenzo
 * Calvin B. T. Lee
 * August Heinrich Lehmann
 * Warner LeRoy
 * Harry Lewis
 * Paul Liebrandt
 * Bruce Littlefield
 * Anita Lo
 * Antonia Lofaso
 * Eva Longoria
 * J. M. Lozano
 * Paul Luna
 * Barbara Lynch

M

 * Lester Maddox
 * Peyton Manning
 * George Mardikian
 * Herman Marth
 * Mariano Martinez
 * George Mavrothalassitis
 * Tony Maws
 * Michael McCarty
 * William McCormick
 * Billy McGlory
 * Robert "Say" McIntosh
 * Brian McMenamin
 * Thomas McNaughton
 * Sean Meenan
 * Rich Melman
 * Sarma Melngailis
 * Julie Menin
 * Danny Meyer
 * Mary Sue Milliken
 * Michael Mina
 * Arnie Morton
 * Michael Morton
 * John Mosca
 * John A. Mulheren
 * Marc Murphy
 * Terrence Murphy
 * Kimbal Musk
 * Anthony Myint

N

 * Gavin Newsom
 * Julian Niccolini
 * Drew Nieporent
 * Greg Norton
 * John Nygren

O

 * Louis P. Ober
 * Patrick O'Connell
 * Patrick O'Neal
 * Suze Orman

P

 * Chris Paciello
 * Alex Paez
 * Frank Palumbo
 * Nicola Paone
 * Dellamarie Parrilli
 * Daniel Patterson
 * Cindy Pawlcyn
 * Bob Payton
 * Mark Peel (chef)
 * Frank Pellegrino
 * Claude Philippe
 * Harold Pierce
 * Odessa Piper
 * Stacey Poon-Kinney
 * Michael Psilakis
 * Wolfgang Puck

R

 * Jay Ramras
 * Bill Rancic
 * Giuliana Rancic
 * O.L. Rapson
 * Kent Rathbun
 * Rachael Ray
 * Mason Reese
 * Tony Rezko
 * Pascal Rigo
 * Jilly Rizzo
 * David Robinson
 * Nate Robinson
 * Phil Romano
 * Michael Romanoff
 * Romany Marie
 * Steve Rubell

S

 * Jeffrey Saad
 * Henry Salgado
 * Marcus Samuelsson
 * Aaron Sanchez
 * Colonel Sanders
 * Chris Santos
 * Bobby Schilling
 * Chris Schlesinger
 * Alex Schoenbaum
 * John Schnatter
 * Kurt W. Schuller
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger
 * Patrick Schwarzenegger
 * Daniel R. Scoggin
 * Larry Sconyers
 * James Scurlock
 * Adam Senn
 * Clyde Serda
 * Ike Sewell
 * Andy Shallal
 * Louis Sherry
 * Lydia Shire
 * Toots Shor
 * Nancy Silverton
 * Richard Simmons
 * Alvin Simon
 * Kerry Simon
 * B. Smith
 * Martin V. Smith
 * Arthur K. Snyder
 * Thomas N. Soffron
 * Stephen Starr
 * Felix Stehling
 * Frank Stephenson
 * Lynn D. Stewart
 * Michael Stipe
 * Robert A. Straniere
 * Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield
 * Phil Suarez
 * Michael Symon

T

 * Jon Taffer
 * Dan Tana
 * Joe Theismann
 * Dave Thomas
 * Frederick Bruce Thomas
 * Joe Thum
 * Felix Tijerina
 * Jet Tila
 * Justin Timberlake
 * Sue Torres
 * Charlie Trotter
 * Donald Trump
 * Ming Tsai
 * Tom Tunney

U

 * Stephen A. Unger

V

 * Donald Valle
 * Richard Valle
 * John Vartan
 * Primo Villanueva
 * Michael Voltaggio

W

 * Michael Walrath
 * Alice Waters
 * Cornell Webster
 * Charles Weeghman
 * Barton G. Weiss
 * Kanye West
 * Cathy Whims
 * Jasper White
 * Michael Whiteman
 * Art Whizin
 * Bob Wian
 * Robert Wiedmaier
 * Jody Williams
 * Brooke Williamson
 * Alan Wilzig
 * Barry Wine
 * Brad Womack
 * Donald Wong
 * Sylvia Woods
 * Shannon Wynne

Y

 * Bon Yagi
 * Mario Yagobi
 * Lovie Yancey
 * Steven Yeun
 * Sang Yoon

Z

 * Geoffrey Zakarian
 * Duke Zeibert
 * Frederick Hinde Zimmerman
 * Steve Zolotow