On a recent Sunday my wife joined some of her girlfriends to celebrate her birthday at an art gallery in town. The S.H. Ervin Gallery was showing their 2017 Salon des Refusés. The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H.Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize which were not selected for display in the official exhibition.
During the course of the afternoon I received a text with the above image showing a canvas by Mertim Gokalp of Celebrity Chef Manu Fieldel. This, given my background, got me thinking about what other famous chefs have been immortalised on canvas.
Chef Annie Smithers
Chef Annie Smithers by Daniel Butterworth was an Archibald 2016 finalist that year. Medium is acrylic on board.
Annie Smithers is a renowned chef. She owns du Fermier in Trentham, Victoria, a rustic restaurant where she uses fresh, local produce in cuisine inspired by classic French farmhouse cooking.
Chef George Colombaris
Masterchef Judge and Chef George Colombaris by Betina Fauvel-Ogden. Medium oil on linen. Archibald Prize 2016 Winner Packing Room Prize 2016
George Calombaris is a Melbourne chef and restaurateur who came to widespread public attention as a judge on Network Ten’s MasterChef Australia. He owns seven Melbourne restaurants, including The Press Club, where the cuisine draws on his Greek and Cypriot heritage.
Chef Gordon Ramsay
Portrait Of Chef Gordon Ramsay by Douglas Manry
Gordon Ramsay is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality. He is known for presenting TV programs about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell’s Kitchen, The F Word, and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, along with the American versions of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, and Hotel Hell.
A portrait of the famous chef in a Hell's Kitchen atmosphere.
Chef Paul Prudhomme
Chef Paul Prudhomme by George Rodrigue
Paul Prudhomme (July 13, 1940 – October 8, 2015), was an American celebrity chef whose specialties were Creole and Cajun cuisines, which he was also credited with popularising. He was the chef proprietor of K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen in New Orleans, and had formerly owned and run several other restaurants. He developed several culinary products, including hot sauce and seasoning mixes, and wrote 11 cookbooks.
Anthony Bourdain Celebrity Chef
Anthony Michael Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American chef, author, and television personality.
He is a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens, including many years as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles. He has been noted as one of the most influential chefs in the world.
Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck
To finish this post, not art but a quote.
Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-born American celebrity chef and restaurateur. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are handled by Wolfgang Puck Companies. This encompasses over 20 fine dining restaurants, Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S., premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise, including cookbooks, canned foods, and coffee products.
