{{Short description|English restaurateur (1942–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Roy Kenneth Ackerman | image = Roy Ackerman.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 22 February 1942 | birth_place = | death_date = 16 May 2017 | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = restaurateur, owner of Gay Hussar and L'Etoile | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Roy Kenneth Ackerman''' CBE (22 February 1942 – 16 May 2017) was an English restaurateur who owned the Gay Hussar and Etoile restaurants and published the ''Ackerman Guides'' and Egon Ronay restaurant guides.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/roy-ackerman-g75zlx9t7 |title=Roy Ackerman | Register |newspaper=The Times |date=2017-05-22 |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instituteofhospitality.org/Publications/Insight_e-newsletter/2017/may/roy_ackerman |title=Roy Ackerman CBE 1942 - 2017 |website=Instituteofhospitality.org |date=2017-05-18 |accessdate=2017-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/502660/roy-ackerman-chef-restaurateur-facilitator-bon-viveur-has-died |title=Roy Ackerman, chef, restaurateur, facilitator, bon viveur, has died |website=Thecaterer.com |date= |accessdate=2017-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/06/20/roy-ackerman-restaurateur-restaurant-guide-publisher-obituary/ |title=Roy Ackerman, restaurateur and restaurant guide publisher – obituary |website=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2017-06-20 |accessdate=2017-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/15297540.Top_Oxford_restaurateur_dies_aged_75/ |title=Top Oxford restaurateur dies aged 75 |newspaper=The Oxford Times |date=2017-05-19 |accessdate=2017-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eatoutmagazine.co.uk/hospitality-industry-personality-roy-ackerman-dies-aged-75 |title=Hospitality industry personality Roy Ackerman dies aged 75 |publisher=Eat Out Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-07-23}}</ref>
==Career== Ackerman started his first career with apprenticeship training in the kitchen and then opened his restaurant, Quincy's Bistro in 1975.<ref name="craftguild2017">{{cite web |last1=Foad |first1=David |title=Hospitality industry personality Roy Ackerman dies aged 75 |url=https://craftguildofchefs.org/news/hospitality-industry-personality-roy-ackerman-dies-aged-75 |website=Craft Guild of Chefs |publisher=Craft Guild of Chefs |access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
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