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She is an influential chef who attracted national attention for promoting food education in schools and for being a leading advocate of a stimulus package that works to give a healthy breakfast and lunch for every child in the public school system.

Famed American chef; founder and co-owner of Chez Panisse, the original "California cuisine" restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Credited with inventing "California cuisine," including individual-sized pizzas, mixed-green salads, and cooking with local organic produce.

Bachelors degree in French Cultural Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, 1967. Was inspired to become an organic chef after living in France in the 1960s.

Gourmet magazine named Chez Panisse the Best Restaurant in America in 2001. Waters was listed as one of the ten best chefs in the world in 1986 by Cuisine et Vins de France; named the Best Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation in 1992; and awarded Bon Appetit magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

Mother of Fanny Singer.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.

She was nominated for the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her services to Enterprise and Business.

She was nominated for the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her contributions to Enterprise.

She was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for Enterprise.

Berkeley, California: Chef and restaurant owner (April 2013)

One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

She was inducted into the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Enterprise Category.