# Louis Szathmary

> Louis Szathmary was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality. A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restaurant The Bakery and writing the New York Times bestseller The Chef's Secret Cookbook. Szathmary's involvement with the early frozen food industry, his numerous cookbooks and articles and his persona established him as an icon in the culinary arts industry.

*American chef*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Chef
- **Category:** Chefs
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1919-06-02
- **Died:** 1996-10-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Louis Szathmary was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality. A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restaurant The Bakery and writing the New York Times bestseller The Chef's Secret Cookbook. Szathmary's involvement with the early frozen food industry, his numerous cookbooks and articles and his persona established him as an icon in the culinary arts industry.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 11.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Louis Szathmary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Szathmary)
- [Szathmáry Lajos (gasztronómus)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szathm%C3%A1ry_Lajos_(gasztron%C3%B3mus))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12816215)

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