List of women cookbook writers
This is a list of notable women cookbook writers.
Australia
- Stephanie Alexander, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Margaret Fulton, British-born journalist, cookbook writer
- Donna Hay, popular cookbook writer, magazine editor
- Tess Mallos, food journalist, cookbook writer, specializing in Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine
- Kim McCosker, cookbook writer since 2007
- Mietta O'Donnell, chef, restaurateur, food critic, cookbook writer
- Wilhelmina Rawson, Australia's first female cookbook writer publishing Mrs. Lance Rawson's cookery book and household hints in 1876
- Charmaine Solomon, Australian cook, author of 31 cookbooks and the creator of her own brand of spice blends and marinades
Austria
- Katharina Prato, cookbook writer, published the highly popular Die süddeutsche Küche in 1858
Bangladesh
- Siddika Kabir, nutritionist, educator, cookbook writer, television host
Canada
- Cecily Brownstone, food editor, cookbook writer
- Ayesha Curry, chef, cookbook writer, television personality
- Christine Cushing
China
- Yan-kit So, food historian, cookbook writer
Denmark
- Mette Blomsterberg, pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Caroline Fleming, entrepreneur, television personality, Danish cookbook writer
- Kristine Marie Jensen, highly popular Danish cookbook writer
- Anne Marie Mangor, pioneering Danish cookbook writer
- Helena Patursson, actress, feminist, playwright, writer, author of the first Faroese cookbook Matreglur fyri hvørt hús
- Bi Skaarup, archaeologist, food historian, non-fiction writer, curator
France
- Julie Andrieu, photographer, television and radio host, cookbook writer
- Simone Beck, cookbook writer, cooking teacher, played important role in introducing French cooking into American kitchens
- Louisette Bertholle, chef, cookbook writer on French cuisine
- Clotilde Dusoulier, food writer, blogger, cookbook writer in English and French
- Madeleine Kamman, chef, restaurateur, cookery teacher, cookbook writer
- Corinne Trang, author of cookbooks on Asian cuisine since 1999
- Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec, journalist, cookbook writer
Germany
- Henriette Davidis, popular 19th-century German cookbook writer, author of Praktisches Kochbuch
- Susanna Eger, cook and cookbook writer, author of Leipziger Kochbuch
- Sabina Welserin, author of the early cookbook Das Kochbuch der Sabina Welserin
- Anna Wecker, early cookbook writer
- Rebekka Wolf, early German-Jewish cookbook writer, published Kochbuch für israelitische Frauen in 1851
Greece
- Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food journalist, educator, cookbook writer
Guadeloupe
- Vanessa Bolosier, French Caribbean food writer, model, living in London since 2005
India
- Tarla Dalal, chef, cookbook writer, television personality
- Ritu Dalmia, chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook writer
- Bilkees I. Latif, social work, writer, published Essential Andhra Cookbook
- Nita Mehta, Indian cookbook writer since the 1990s
- Mrs Balbir Singh, chef, cookery teacher, cookbook writer
- Beatrice A. Vieyra, author of the early cookbook on Indian cooking, Culinary Art Sparkles
Iran
- Sanaz Minaie, chef, cookbook writer since 1978
- Roza Montazemi, cookbook writer
Ireland
- Darina Allen, cook, cookbook writer
- Rachel Allen, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Trish Deseine, cookbook writer, writing in French and English, television personality
- Theodora FitzGibbon, cookbook writer, model, actress
- Catherine Fulvio cook, cookbook writer, television personality
- Maura Laverty cookbook writer, novelist, journalist and broadcaster
- Clodagh McKenna, cookbook writer, columnist, chef and television presenter
- Rozanna Purcell, cook, cookbook writer, model, television personality
Israel
- Jamie Geller, American-born Israeli cookbook writer since 2007
- Janna Gur, Latvian-born emigrant to Israel in 1974, editor, cookbook writer on Israeli and Jewish cuisine
Italy
- Ada Boni, magazine editor, cookbook writer
- Susanna Cutini, chef, Italian cookbook writer
- Manuela Darling-Gansser, cookbook writer, television personality, based in Australia
Japan
- Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, actress, interior designer, cookbook writer
South Korea
- Jang Gye-hyang, poet, thinker, welfare worker, Asia's first female cookbook writer 음식디미방
Netherlands
- Wina Born, journalist, profuse cookbook writer and columnist
- Martine Wittop Koning, nutrition expert, cookbook writer
New Zealand
- Annabel Langbein, cookbook writer since 1988
- Annabelle White, food columnist, cookbook writer since 1997
- Chelsea Winter, winner of third New Zealand masterchef; went on to write 4 cookbooks
Norway
- Wenche Andersen, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Maren Elisabeth Bang, wrote the first Norwegian cookbook to be printed: Huusholdnings-Bog, indrettet efter den almindelige Brug i norske Huusholdninger
- Dorothea Christensen, educator, cookbook writer, author of Norway's first cookery textbook Kogebog for Folkeskole og Hjemmet
- Henriette Schønberg Erken, popular cookbook writer
- Ingrid Espelid Hovig, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Karen Splid Møller, author of the handwritten Moldegård Cookbook begun in 1819
- Hanna Winsnes, poet, Norway's first female novelist, author of the early cookbook Lærebog i de forskjellige Grene af Huusholdningen
Poland
- Wincenta Zawadzka, author of the popular Polish-language cookbook Kucharka litewska
- Lucyna Ćwierciakiewiczowa, author of the popular Polish-language cookbook Jedyne praktyczne przepisy wszelkich zapasów spiżarnianych oraz pieczenia ciast
Romania
- Simona Lazăr , journalist, gastronome, food critic, cookbook writer, publisher, author of many culinary books and studies about history of gastronomy and cookbooks
Slovakia
- Zdena Studenková, actress, singer, cookbook writer
Spain
- Carmen de Burgos, journalist, writer, author of ¿Quiere usted comer bien?
- Miriam González Durántez, Spanish lawyer and cookbook writer
Sweden
- Gustafva Björklund, Finnish-born restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Margareta Elzberg, author of the first authentic Swedish cookbook
- Lotta Lundgren, television presenter, cookbook writer
- Tina Nordström, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Sofia von Porat, travel writer, cookbook writer
- Anna Maria Rückerschöld, housekeeping specialist, cookbook writer
- Cajsa Warg, pioneering cookbook writer
- Johanna Westman, television host, children's writer, cookbook writer
Switzerland
- Maria Susanna Kübler, German-speaking Swiss writer, housekeeping guides and cookbooks
United Kingdom
- Eliza Acton, poet, cook, early cookbook writer, author of the influential Modern Cookery for Private Families
- Gretel Beer, Austrian-born cookbook and travel writer, columnist
- Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861
- Mary Berry, television presenter, cookbook writer
- Ravinder Bhogal, Kenyan-born British chef, since 2010 food writer and television host
- May Byron, writer, poet and cookbook writer
- Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, writer, socialite
- Charlotte, Lady Clark of Tillypronie, aristocrat and socialite, collector of the recipes in The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
- Fanny Cradock, restaurant critic, television cook, cookbook writer
- Sophie Dahl, model, cookbook writer, television presenter
- Elizabeth David, cookbook writer, covering French, Italian and British cooking, author of the influential 1950 A Book of Mediterranean Food
- Anna Del Conte, Italian-born food and cookbook writer
- Josceline Dimbleby, ´food columnist, cookbook writer
- Fuchsia Dunlop, cookbook writer since 2001, specializing in Chinese cuisine
- Harry Eastwood, chef, cookbook writer, television personality
- Rose Elliot, author of vegetarian cookbooks, starting with Simply Delicious
- Lady Elinor Fettiplace, compiler of a manuscript book, now known under the title Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, dated 1604.
- Sabrina Ghayour, Iranian-born chef and cookbook writer
- Hannah Glasse, pioneering cookbook writer, published The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy in 1747
- Vivien Goldman, journalist, cookbook writer, musician
- Patience Gray, cookbook and travel writer
- Jane Grigson, cookbook writer
- Sophie Grigson, columnist, cookbook writer
- Christian Guthrie Wright, educator, co-founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery, cookbook writer
- Kate Halford, cookbook writer in the 1910s
- Dorothy Hartley, author of Food in England
- Margot Henderson, chef, caterer, cookery writer
- Ching He Huang, British Taiwanese food writer and television chef
- Anissa Helou, chef, cookbook writer, specializing in Mediterranean, Middle East, and North African cuisines
- Mary Hooper, novelist, children's writer, cookbook writer
- Madhur Jaffrey, Indian-born actress, food and travel writer, and television personality
- Anna Jones, chef, writer, and author
- Diana Kennedy, cookbook writer, specializing in Mexican cuisine
- Rachel Khoo, cook, broadcaster, cookbook writer
- Janet Laurence, novelist, cookbook writer
- Nigella Lawson, cook, television personality
- Pinky Lilani, Indian-born writer, food expert, feminist
- Ruth Lowinsky, society hostess, cookbook writer
- Veronica Maclean, hotelier, cookbook writer
- Agnes Catherine Maitland, principal of Somerville College, Oxford, cookbook writer
- Elizabeth Marshall, cookery educator, cookbook writer
- Mary McCartney, photographer, vegetarian cookery writer
- F. Marian McNeill
- Thomasina Miers, cook, writer, restaurateur, television presenter
- Countess Morphy, American-born dance writer, cookbook writer
- Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, cookbook writer specializing in Latin American cuisine
- Elizabeth Moxon, pioneering cookbook writer, author of the influential English Housewifry
- Stasha Palos, artist, cookbook writer
- Marguerite Patten, home economist, broadcaster, cookbook writer
- Constance Peel, journalist, household management specialist, cookbook writer
- Rose Prince, cookbook writer
- Elizabeth Raffald, businesswoman, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper
- Claudia Roden, Egyptian-born cultural anthropologist, cookbook writer
- Evelyn Rose, Anglo-Jewish cookbook writer, broadcaster
- Janet Ross, historian, biographer, cookbook writer
- Maria Eliza Rundell, author of A New System of Domestic Cookery
- Rejina Sabur-Cross, cookbook writer, blogger
- Jane Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, model, cookbook writer
- Eliza Smith, cookbook writer, author of the popular The Compleat Housewife
- Katie Stewart, food columnist, cookbook writer
- Sarah St. John, clergyman's wife, maintained a manuscript recipe book
- Caroline Waldegrave, wine entrepreneur, cookbook writer
- Anne Willan, food educator, food and cookbook writer
- Amy Willcock, American-born cookbook writer since 2002
United States
A
- Mandy Aftel, perfumer and cookbook author
- Barbara Albright, author of cookbooks and books on knitting
- Ida Bailey Allen, food editor, cookbook writer
- Jean Anderson, editor, food columnist, cookbook writer
B
- Ida Bailey Allen, chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Lidia Bastianich, chef, television personality, cookbook writer, restaurateur
- Najmieh Batmanglij, Iranian-American chef, cookbook writer
- Ann Bauer, essayist, novelist, cookbook writer
- Esther Bradford Aresty, culinary historian, cookbook writer
- Susan Branch, painter, designer, writer, cookbook writer
- Celia Brooks Brown, chef, cookbook writer, television host, based in London
- Marian Burros, food columnist, cookbook writer since 1962
- Anne Byrn, journalist, food editor, cookbook writer
- Gesine Bullock-Prado, pastry chef, cookbook writer, attorney, former film executive
- Jane Butel, television presenter, cookbook writer since 1980, specializing in Tex-Mex cooking
C
- Biba Caggiano, Italian-born restaurateur, television presenter and Italian cookbook writer since 1986
- Karyn Calabrese, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Penelope Casas, cookbook writer specializing in Spanish cooking
- Irena Chalmers, food commentator, essayist, cookbook writer
- Leah Chase, Creole chef, cookbook writer
- Joyce Chen, Chinese-American chef, cookbook writer, television personality
- Andrea Chesman, cookbook writer since 1999
- Julia Child, chef, cookbook writer, television personality, specialized in French cuisine
- Leeann Chin, Chinese-born American restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Grace Zia Chu, influential American-Chinese chef, cookbook writer
- Shirley Corriher, biochemist, cookbook writer
- Chloe Coscarelli, vegan chef, cookbook writer
- Marion Cunningham, cookbook editor and writer
D
- Melissa d'Arabian, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Paula Deen, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Erica De Mane, chef, cookbook writer, teacher, specializing in Italian cuisine
- Nikki Dinki, chef, cookbook writer, blogger
- Crescent Dragonwagon, novelist, poet, cookbook writer
- Ree Drummond, cookbook writer, photographer, television personality, blogger
- Nathalie Dupree, chef, television presenter, cookbook writer
E
- Renee Erickson, Seattle chef and cookbook writer
- Mary Ann Esposito, chef, cookbook writer, host of Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito since 1989
F
- Florence Fabricant, food critic and cookbook writer since 1972
- Lisa Fain, food writer, blogger, cookbook writer
- Fannie Farmer, American/Canadian culinary expert, cookbook writer who introduced standardized measuring
- Susie Fishbein, Jewish kosher cookbook writer
- Zonya Foco, nutritionist, television personality, cookbook writer on healthy eating
G
- Beverly Gannon, Hawaiian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Ina Garten, television personality, cookbook writer
- Teresa Giudice, television personality, cookbook writer
- Darra Goldstein, Russian professor, cookbook writer and editor
- Meta Given, nutritionist, cookbook writer
- Aliza Green, cookbook writer since 1997
- Barbara Grunes, food consultant, cookbook writer
H
- Jaden Hair, Hong Kong-born American chef, food columnist and photographer, active since 2007
- June Hersh, Kosher cookbook writer
- Amanda Hesser, food editor, cookbook writer
- Janet McKenzie Hill, nutritionist, cookbook writer
- Elizabeth O. Hiller, cookbook writer and professor of culinary arts
- Ingrid Hoffmann, Colombian-American restaurateur, television personality and cookbook writer
- Annemarie Huste, German chef and cookbook writer
I
- Antonia Isola, author of the first Italian cookbook published in the United States
J
- Madhur Jaffrey, Indian-born actress, food and travel writer, television personality
- Pati Jinich, Mexican-American chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Judith Jones, literary editor, cookbook writer
K
- Mollie Katzen, chef, cookbook writer, specializing in vegetarian cuisine
- Bethany Kehdy, Lebanese-American culinary expert and cookbook writer
- Carol Kicinski, television chef, magazine editor, gluten-free cookbook writer
- Candice Kumai, chef, cookbook writer since 2009
L
- Padma Lakshmi, Indian-born actress, television personality, cookbook writer
- Frances Moore Lappé, nutritionist, non-fiction writer, cookbook writer
- Katie Lee, chef, novelist, food critic, cookbook writer
- Sandra Lee, television chef, cookbook writer
- Aliya LeeKong, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Chinese-born chef, cookbook writer since the 1970s
- Kasma Loha-unchit, Thai-born cookbook writer
- Cathy Luchetti, non-fiction writer, cookbook and food writer
- Sheila Lukins, food and cookbook writer, columnist
- Barbara Lynch, since 1998 restaurateur, cookbook writer
M
- Deborah Madison, food and cookbook writer, vegetarian specialist
- Sarah Helen Mahammitt, cookbook writer, cooking teacher
- Barbara Abdeni Massaad, Lebanese-American cookbook writer, photographer, television personality
- Daisy Martinez, actress, model, television personality, chef and cookbook writer
- Judy Mazel, nutritionist, cookbook writer
- Tracye McQuirter, vegan activist and cookbook writer
- Alice Medrich, cookbook writer since the 1990s, specializing in chocolate desserts
- Whitney Miller, food writer, television chef
- Mary Sue Milliken, chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook writer since 1898
- Julie Montagu, cookbook writer, yoga teacher
- Sara Moulton, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
N
- Joan Nathan, since 1975 cookbook writer, specializing in Jewish cooking
O
- Mildred Ellen Orton, business woman, cookbook writer
- Daphne Oz, journalist, television personality, cookbook writer
P
- Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, singer, cookbook writer
- Ani Phyo, Canadian-born organic chef, cookbook writer
- Thelma Pressman, microwave cookery specialist, cookbook writer
R
- Mary Randolph, cookbook writer, author of The Virginia House-Wife
- Rachael Ray, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
- Ruth Reichl, food editor, cookbook writer
- Kay Robertson,, television personality, cookbook writer
- Sallie Ann Robinson, cookbook writer since 2003
- Irma S. Rombauer, cookbook writer, author of The Joy of Cooking
- Mary Swartz Rose, nutritionist, food writer
S
- Mildred Brown Schrumpf, food columnist, educator, cookbook writer
- Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, Colombian-born journalist, television personality and, since 2012, cookbook writer
- Jessica Seinfeld, cookbook writer
- Kim Severson, columnist, cookbook writer
- Martha Rose Shulman, cookbook writer, cooking teacher, food columnist
T
- Mary Virginia Terhune, novelist, non-fiction writer, cookbook writer
- Amy Thielen, chef, food writer, television personality
- Christina Tosi, chef, television personality, cookbook writer
V
- Marcela Valladolid, chef, television personality, cookbook writer on Mexican cuisine
W
- Danielle Walker, gluten-free food writer, cookbook writer
- Alice Waters, chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Patricia Wells, restaurant critic, cookbook writer
- Alexandra Wentworth, actress, cookbook writer
- Caroline Randall Williams, educator, poet, cookbook writer
- Virginia Willis, chef, photographer, cookbook writer
- Paula Wolfert, cookbook writer specializing in Mediterranean food
Y
- Sherry Yard, chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer
- Trisha Yearwood, singer, actress, cookbook writer
- Dina Yuen, industrial engineer, musician, entrepreneur, cookbook writer on Indonesian cooking