{{Short description|American chef and television personality}} {{Infobox chef | name = Ray Lampe | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|year|mo|da}} --> | birth_place = Chicago | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | style = BBQ/Southern | education = | ratings = <!-- {{plainlist| *Michelin stars {{Rating|0|3}} *AAA Motor Club {{Rating|0|5}} *Mobil {{Rating|0|5}} *Good Food Guide {{Rating|0|10}} }} --> | restaurants = <!-- {{plainlist| *FIRST *SECOND }} --> | prevrests = {{plainlist| *Southern Hospitality (2008-2009) }} | television = {{plainlist| *World Food Championships *Chopped *Tailgate Warriors With Guy Fieri *American Grilled }} | awards = {{plainlist| *BBQ Hall of Fame }} | website = {{URL|drbbq.com}} | module = }}
'''Ray Lampe''' is a BBQ pitmaster, author and television personality known as "Dr. BBQ."
==Career== Lampe grew up in Chicago and worked in his family trucking business for 25 years before embarking on a culinary career.<ref name="Dr BBQ about page">{{cite web|title=Who is Dr. BBQ?|url=http://www.drbbq.com/about-us/|website=Dr. BBQ|accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref> In the early 80s he began competing in BBQ cook-offs as an amateur. In 2000 he moved to Florida and became an outdoor cooking expert. In 2008 he was brought in as executive chef to revamp Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality restaurant in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2008/04/dr_bbq_takes_the_reins_at_sout_1.html|title = Dr. BBQ Takes the Reins at Southern Hospitality}}</ref> In June 2016, Lampe announced a restaurant partnership in ''Tampa Bay Times'' with Suzanne and Roger Perry who also own Datz, Dough, and Roux of Datz Restaurant Group. The restaurant is called Dr. BBQ and opened in St. Petersburg, Florida in the Edge District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/food/dining/dr-bbq-and-datz-team-up-for-a-new-restaurant-in-tampa-bay/2283063/|title=Dr. BBQ and Datz team up for a new restaurant in Tampa Bay}}</ref>
==Television== Lampe has been a judge in several television cooking programs including the World Food Championships, Tailgate Warriors With Guy Fieri and American Grilled. As a contestant he competed on the Food Network's Chopped.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/st-petes-ray-dr-bbq-lampe-cut-food-networks-chopped-emotional-championship |title=St. Pete's Ray "Dr. BBQ" Lampe cut from Food Network's Chopped in an emotional championship |access-date=2014-10-16 |archive-date=2014-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023105041/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/st-petes-ray-dr-bbq-lampe-cut-food-networks-chopped-emotional-championship |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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