![]() It isn’t di sol ni yay but day sol ni yay (in France and Québec). Marcel Desaulniers – mar cell di sol ni ya (Desaulniers is a common name in Québec. Giada De Laurentiis – JAH-dah DEE-lor-EN-tisĬathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, VA – CAH-huhl Arm Strong Jean Georges Vongerichten– VON-gehr-ICK-ten Hiroyuki Sakai– He-ROH-yew-KEY SAH-kai (hee-roo-you-kee sah-KAI is hee-roh-YOU-kee) Masaharu Morimoto– Mah-sah-hah-roo Moh-ree-moh-toe Rokusaburo Michiba– Rouk-sah-boo-roh Mee-chee-bah Yutake Ishinabe– Yew-tah-keh Ee-she-nah-behĬhen Kenichi– Chen is self explanatory, Kenichi is Keh-nee-chee (note that Chen is his family name, and Kenichi is his given name) Georges Auguste Escoffier– jorgz oh goost ess coff ee ay Marcel Desaulniers– mar cell di sol ni yay Lidia Bastianich– lid ee ya bahs-TYAHN-itch I was glad to hear from Chef Savoy himself, though. ![]() It’s ironic because my name is Baber, and given the topic of the email it was especially funny. This confusion doesn’t shoke me, on the contrary I am very proud beeing associated to this beautiful area where I was born. People write it like the well-known French region: La Savoie. Very often there is a confusion with the spelling of my name. One thing I thought was incredibly ironic, was the name they addressed the return email to. no funny stories, just the annoying assumption that it’s spelled and pronounced Roman. Yep, that’s a good phonetic spelling of the name. When I first started writing I used to save envelopes with the various permutations of my name on them my favorite was the one addressed to Ruth Raisehell. It’s more like rye-shel, but I can’t say it the way my German father did, which was with an r in the back of the throat. I hope this clears it up once and for all. Italian, of course, from the village of Vallata in the province of Avellino. My brother and our entire family pronounce our surname Ko lick e o. In addition, Mike Colicchio actually posted here to inform me that: In terms of pronunciation, he has been called everything from Chef Blue, to Chef BuluD, Bolod, Buld, etc…Īs for a phonetic way to spell chef’s last name, I think this would be most accurate: We always try to accommodate them if we can. I cannot tell you how many times people have asked if the chef of our restaurant is David Boulud, if Chef Boulud’s restaurants in Tribeca are still doing well, if Daniel Bouley has any more plans to expand, etc….Ī second confusion with restaurant DANIEL is that we have often had people make reservations at a small downtown restaurant called DANIELLA and appear here thinking this is where their table will be. Most common is the confusion so many people have between Chef Daniel Boulud and his friend Chef David Bouley. You have the pronunciation correct: dan-YELL boo-LOOĪs for stories there are a few we can think of off hand. They provided me with not only the best information, but was one of the first to respond. I’m Ferran Adriá BEYATCH!! Ĭhef Boulud evidently has a very good PR department. I can’t say that I have any one funny story…most people just avoid it altogether and call me Chef or Chef Grant. I only included the relevant portions, and dropped the greetings and other miscellaneous info. Some of the responses I received were absolutely great: I had to confirm my cell number with them in order to get my table back! Personally, this summer I had my last name, Baber, butchered into “Pilar” at a Michelin two star in Colle di Val D’Elsa, which nearly lost me my reservation. I suggest carrying a copy in your wallet for reference wherever you go.Īfter coming up with this list it was suggested that before archiving it, I should attempt to contact everyone on the list, to both make sure the pronunciation was correct, and to see if there were any funny stories they had. ![]() I know I used to do it all the time, but now that I have compiled this list of a number of the top chefs and food personalities in the food world, I rarely miss a name. Don’t worry it has happened to all of us. ![]() So let’s face it, some of us from time to time butcher a chef’s name for 6 months, then hear somebody pronounce it correctly and feel really dumb.
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