Julia Child Biography

Fast Facts

• Became the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame in 1993
• In 2000, received the French Legion of honour and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Received the George Foster Peabody Award in 1964 for "The French Chef․"
• While staying at her assisted-living home in California, Child died of kidney failure three days before her 92nd birthday
• Held a job with the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA
• Collaborated on a two-volume cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," considered groundbreaking by the cooking community after its publication in 1961
• Known for her TV show signoff "Bon appétit!"
• Recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public
• Considered too tall to enlist in the women's branches of the U․S․ Army and Navy for World War II