List of dishes named by persons
This list contains food and drinks whose names go back to real or fictional people.
A.
- Rockefeller Oysters - John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American entrepreneur
B.
- Battenberg cake - noble family von Battenberg
- Béchamel sauce - Louis de Béchamel (1630–1703), French banker and court master of Louis XIV ; other derivations possible
- Agnes-Bernauer-Torte - Agnes Bernauer (around 1410–1435), lover of the Bavarian Duke Albrecht III.
- Pear Helene - based on the title character from Jacques Offenbach's operetta " The beautiful Helena "
- Bismarck herring - Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), German statesman
- Bloody Mary - Maria Tudor (1516–1558), Queen of England
- Bœuf Stroganoff - Grigorij Alexandrowitsch (1774-1857) or Sergej Grigorjewitsch Stroganow (1794-1882), Russian noblemen
- Borani - Boran of Persia († 631), Persian queen
C.
- Carpaccio - Vittore Carpaccio (1456–1526), Italian painter
- Caesar Salad - Cesare Cardini (1896–1956), Italian hotelier, restaurateur and head chef in Mexico
- Charlotte - Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), Queen of Great Britain
- Chateaubriand - François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), French writer
- Choron sauce - Alexandre Étienne Choron (1837–1924), French chef
- Colbert Sauce - Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), French statesman
- Consommé Lady Curzon - Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (1870–1906), baroness and later Viceroy of India
- Cumberland Sauce - Ernst August von Hannover (1845–1923), Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
D.
- Dobostorte - József Dobos (1847–1924), Hungarian master confectioner
- Duxelles - Nicolas Chalon du Blé, Marquis d'Uxelles , (1652–1730), French Marshal and Foreign Minister
E.
- Earl Gray Tee - Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray (1764–1845), British nobleman and Prime Minister
- Eggs Benedict - after the banker LeGrand Benedict or the stock trader Lemuel Benedict († 1943)
- Esterházy (supplement) - Esterházy family
- Esterházy cake - Paul III. Anton Esterházy de Galantha (1786–1866), Hungarian diplomat
- Esterházy roast - Nikolaus I. Joseph Esterházy de Galantha (1714–1790), prince of the Esterházy family
F.
- Filet Wellington - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British Field Marshal
- Fürst-Pückler-Eis , Fürst-Pückler-Torte - Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), German nobleman
G
- General Tso's Chicken - General Tso (1812–1885), Chinese statesman and military man
- Girardirostbraten - Alexander Girardi (1850–1918), Austrian actor
- Graham Bread - Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), American preacher
- Gung Bao (Gong Bao, Kung Pao, Kun Po) fried chicken breast, spicy (or beef, pork, duck) - Ding Baozhen (1820–1886), Viceroy of China
- Gundel pancakes - Karl Gundel (1883–1956), Hungarian cook
K
- Nelson chop - Horatio Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral
L.
- Lady Gray Tee , Mary Elizabeth Gray (1764–1845), wife of Earl Gray
- Leibnizkeks - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), German philosopher
- Lucca eyes (toast), Lucca eyes (pastries) - Pauline Lucca (1841–1908), Austrian opera singer
- Lukullus - Lucius Licinius Lucullus (117–56 BC), Roman senator and general
M.
- Madeleines - Cook Madeleine Paulmier at the court of the Duke of Lorraine (18th century)
- Malakov cake - Aimable Pélissier (1794–1864), French statesman, Duke of Malakoff and Marshal of France
- Pizza Margherita - Margaret of Italy (1851–1926), Italian queen
- Melba Toast - Nellie Melba (1861-1931), Australian singer
- Mohrenkopf - Mauritius (saint)
- Mornay Sauce - Philippe Duplessis-Mornay (1549–1623), French statesman
- Mozartkugel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer
O
- Olivier salad - Lucien Olivier (1838-1883), French chef
P
- Pavlova - Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa (1881–1931), Russian master dancer of classical ballet
- Peach Melba - Nellie Melba (1861–1931), Australian singer
- Praline - named after César de Choiseul (1598–1675), Marshal of France, Count of Plessis- Praslin , more likely from the French verb: praliner = to brown in sugar.
- Prince Regent Cake - Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912), Prince Regent of Bavaria
R.
- Rumford Soup - Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814), military and experimental physicist
- Runeberg tart - Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finnish poet
S.
- Sachertorte - Franz Sacher (1816–1907), Austrian confectioner
- Sandwich - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), British diplomat and statesman
- Sandwich Barros Luco - Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919), Chilean politician and president
- Saint Honoré cake - Honorius von Amiens († approx. 600), French clergyman, Bishop of Amiens
- Savarin cake - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), French gastronomic critic
- Schillerlocke (fish), Schillerlocke (pastry) - Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet
- Lady Hamilton Sole - Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), British artist and socialite
- Sauce Soubise , Soupe Soubise - Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715–1787), French officer and statesman
- Crêpe Suzette - Suzette, companion of the Prince of Wales Edward VII on a visit to a restaurant or Suzanne Reichenberg (1853–1924), French actress; other derivations possible
T
- Tournedos Rossini - Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868), Italian composer
W.
- Welfenspeise - noble family of the Welfs
- Wibele - Jakob Christian Carl Wibel, court confectioner in Langenburg
V
- Villeroy Sauce - François Villeroy (1644–1730), French general and Marshal of France
Z
- Zaunerstollen - after Johann Zauner (1803–1868), the founder of the Zauner confectionery in Bad Ischl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Esterházy Rostbraten in Nachrichten.at, accessed on April 1, 2017
- ↑ modernbakery.de: The story of the Madeleine