List of Culinary Institute of America alumni explained

The Culinary Institute of America has approximately 49,000 graduates in the culinary industry. Notable alumni include:

• Nicole Abiouness
• Grant Achatz
• David Adjey
• Stephen Asprinio
• Emel Başdoğan
• Jonathan Benno
• John Besh
• Richard Blais
• Marcy Blum
• Jérôme Bocuse
• Anthony Bourdain
• David Burke
• Anne Burrell
• Andrew Carmellini
• David Carmichael
• Josef Centeno^[1]
• Maneet Chauhan
• Richard Chen
• Michael Chiarello
• Roy Choi
• Mike Colameco
• Scott Conant
• Cat Cora
• Dan Coudreaut
• Robert Danhi
• Gary Danko
• Jill Davie
• Marcel Desaulniers
• Harold Dieterle
• Rocco DiSpirito
• John Doherty
• Steve Ells
• Sohla El-Waylly^[2]
• Todd English
• Dean Fearing
• Susan Feniger
• Larry Forgione
• Amanda Freitag
• Alex García
• Geoffrey Gatza
• Duff Goldman
• Todd Gray
• Ilan Hall
• Johnny Hernandez
• Rochelle Huppin
• Hung Huynh
• Johnny Iuzzini
• Joseph Johnson
• Melissa Kelly
• Vikas Khanna
• Eli Kulp
• Maciej Kuroń
• Sara La Fountain
• Francis Lam
• Stephen Langlois
• Bruce Lefebvre
• Matthew Levin
• Kelly Liken
• Shane Lyons
• Christina Machamer
• David McInerney^[3]
• Thomas McNaughton
• Jehangir Mehta
• Spike Mendelsohn
• George Mendes
• Michael Mina
• Rick Moonen
• Sara Moulton
• Bradley Ogden
• Ken Oringer
• Ralph Pagano^[4]
• Charlie Palmer
• Stella Parks
• Rajat Parr
• Melissa Perello
• Tina Pickett
• Ben Pollinger
• Alfred Portale
• Ana Liz Pulido^[5]
• L. Timothy Ryan
• Jeffrey Saad
• Walter Scheib
• Pedro Miguel Schiaffano
• Chris Schlesinger
• Barton Seaver
• Kerry Simon
• Michael Smith
• Greggy Soriano
• Lon Symensma
• Michael Symon
• Dale Talde
• Sue Torres
• Marcel Vigneron
• Jason Vincent
• Paul Virant
• Bryan Voltaggio
• Brendan Walsh
• Chris Waters
• Jasper White
• Laurie Wolf
• Roy Yamaguchi
• Sherry Yard
• Geoffrey Zakarian
• Rob Zerban
• Eric Ziebold

Notes and References

1. Web site: Josef Centeno on SA Cuisine and Modern Tex-Mex . 9 December 2019 . San Antonio Magazine . 26 April 2020.
2. Web site: Costantino . D.J. . Jan 2017 . Rising Star Chef Ham & Sohla El-Waylly of Hail Mary - Biography . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200105143916/https://www.starchefs.com/cook/chefs/bio/ham-sohla-el-waylly . January 5, 2020 . 2020-09-29 . StarChefs.
3. Web site: Springer . Jon . News: David McInerney . Supermarket News . 21 February 2005 . InformaUSA.
4. http://www.miami.com/miami-restaurants/2-5-stars-for-ralph-paganos-naked-taco-in-miami-beach-16231/ Miami Herald
5. Web site: Maldonado . Diana Eva . 10 June 2024 . Mission taqueria owner named James Beard winner . Valley Central.