About Peter Kump
Lived 1937 – 1995 (aged 57). Peter Kump was an American chef and writer.
Peter Clark Kump (October 22, 1937 – June 7, 1995) was an American figure in the culinary arts. The founder of Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School, he also co-founded the James Beard Foundation with Julia Child.
Biography Kump was born in Fresno, California, in 1937. In 1953, his family relocated to Switzerland. He received a bachelor's degree in speech and drama from Stanford University and a master's degree in fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. The classes prompted him to open his own cooking school, Peter Kump's New York Cooking School, in 1974.
In the mid-1980s, Kump was president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the New York Association of Cooking Teachers. He was the president of the foundation until his death in 1995.
He died June 8, 1995, at his home in East Hampton, Long Island of liver cancer.
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Who was Peter Kump?
American chef (1937–1995)
When was Peter Kump born?
Peter Kump was born on 22 October 1937.
When did Peter Kump die?
Peter Kump died on 7 June 1995.
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Peter Kump was a chef and writer.
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Peter Kump was American.
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