Roy Kenneth Ackerman

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(22 February 1942 – 16 May 2017) was an English

restaurateur A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspe ...

who owned the Gay Hussar and L' Etoile restaurants and published the ''Ackerman Guides'' and Egon Ronay restaurant guides.

Career

Ackerman started his first career with apprenticeship training in the kitchen and then opened his restaurant, Quincy's Bistro in 1975.

References

1942 births 2017 deaths Businesspeople from Bristol English restaurateurs 20th-century English businesspeople Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{Restaurateur-bio-stub