America's Most Successful Chefs Slideshow

He may currently have only one restaurant, the celebrated K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen  in New Orleans, but this Cajun legend, who first gained fame as executive chef at Commander’s Palace, has had customers literally lining up outside for years. His other enterprises include 11 books, a series of cooking shows for New Orleans public television, and most of all the seasoning company he launched in 1983. Magic Seasoning Blends has now grown to fill a 125,000-square-foot plant that ships the chef’s dry spice blends, rubs, bottled sauces, and marinades across the U.S. and to 27 countries around the world, and posts something in the neighborhood of $10 million in revenues each year.

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