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The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has always been known as the Host to the World. As a way to cater to the dietary needs of guests of our original hotel, a special menu was created to appease the appetites of certain guests and children.

Various head shots of Pastry Chef, Willy Ritz.

These photographs were created for the digital archive file for Peter Betz and show Peter during various moments throughout his historic career as the Executive Sous Chef of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

These photos show Executive Chef David Garcelon throughout various moments during his career at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

The rise of female chefs gained much popularity in the 1970s and Arno Schmidt helped to pave the way for female culinary artists here at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In this photo are the first female chefs hired under Arno Schmidt's tenure as…

The following images were featured in the Waldorf Astoria Magazine from 1971 and show Arno Schmidt with various team members who had all received awards at the National Hotel & Motel Exposition.

This file is the third installment to the "Notes from a Chef's Diary" series created by Arno Schmidt, Executive Chef of the Waldorf Astoria throughout the 1970s. This series includes a brief dialogue and exclusive Waldorf Astoria recipe for each…

This article discusses the history of (the then) modern cooking techniques and the development of the modern chef, who is both in part a scientist as well as an artist. Munsey's Magazine is credited with being the first mass-market magazine that was…