Celebrity chefs: Expanding empires

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 613-624

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catering industry; Celebrities; Cooking; Globalization; Wealth and income

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955937676     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111131728     Document Type: Review

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