Jacques Pépin

Acting

Born December 18, 1935 · Bourg-en-Bresse

Biography

Jacques Pépin is a French chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist. After having been the personal chef of French president Charles de Gaulle, he moved to the US in 1959 and after working in New York's top French restaurants, and took a culinary development job with Howard Johnson's. He has appeared on American television and authored more than 30 cookbooks, some of which have become best sellers. Pépin was a longtime friend of the American chef Julia Child, and their 1999 PBS series Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home won a Daytime Emmy Award.

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Awards & recognition

Legion of Honour · 2004
Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host · 2001
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres · 1997
Order of Agricultural Merit (France) · 1992
Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host · 2001 · nominated