# Roy Ackerman

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{{Short description|English restaurateur (1942–2017)}}
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| name          = Roy Kenneth Ackerman
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| birth_date    = 22 February 1942
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| death_date    = 16 May 2017
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| occupation    = [restaurateur](/source/restaurateur), owner of [Gay Hussar](/source/Gay_Hussar) and L'[Etoile](/source/Etoile_(restaurant)) 
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'''Roy Kenneth Ackerman''' [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_British_Empire) (22 February 1942 – 16 May 2017) was an English [restaurateur](/source/restaurateur) who owned the [Gay Hussar](/source/Gay_Hussar) and Etoile restaurants and published the ''Ackerman Guides'' and [Egon Ronay](/source/Egon_Ronay) restaurant guides.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/roy-ackerman-g75zlx9t7 |title=Roy Ackerman &#124; Register |newspaper=[The Times](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1942 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Businesspeople from Bristol
Category:English restaurateurs
Category:20th-century English businesspeople
Category:Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire

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