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John Whaite
John Whaite (born 1989) is a British baker, author and TV presenter, winner of The Great British Bake Off series 3 in 2012 and Strictly 2021 runner-up in its first all-male pairing; author of five cookbooks, memoir Dancing on Eggshells, and Ruff Puff Brownies founder.
John Y. Brown Jr.
John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), Kentucky businessman and 55th governor, bought Kentucky Fried Chicken from Colonel Sanders in 1964 for $2 million with Jack Massey, grew it to 3,500 franchises, sold it for $285 million, and governed 1979–1983.
Johnny Rockets
Johnny Rockets is an American retro-themed fast-casual hamburger chain founded June 6, 1986 on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, by Ronn Teitelbaum; known for 1950s diner decor, jukeboxes, hand-spun shakes, and over 325 locations in 25+ countries.
Johnnycake
Johnnycake (journey cake, hoecake) is a cornmeal flatbread of Indigenous North American origin, griddle-fried from cornmeal, water or milk, and salt; Rhode Island's white flint corn version and Caribbean wheat-flour johnny cakes are distinct traditions under one disputed name.
Jollibee
Jollibee is a Filipino fast-food chain owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE: JFC), famous for Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti, and the Yumburger. Founded 1975 as an ice cream shop, it leads Philippine fast food over McDonald's and runs 1,300-plus home stores with global expansion.
Jolly Rancher
Jolly Rancher: American hard candy brand founded 1949 in Golden, Colorado, by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen as an ice cream shop; owned by The Hershey Company since its 1996 Leaf acquisition; known for intense fruit flavors.
Jolt Cola
Jolt Cola, "All the sugar and twice the caffeine," is a high-caffeine cola launched in 1985 in Rochester, New York by C.J. Rapp, an energy-drink pioneer that declined after costly battery-shaped cans and bankruptcy, later revived as a REDCON1 zero-sugar energy drink.
Jon Taffer
Jon Taffer (born 1954) is an American hospitality consultant and TV host, creator and host of Bar Rescue on Paramount Network, founder of Taffer's Tavern, creator of NFL Sunday Ticket, and author of Raise the Bar.
Jonathan Cheban
Jonathan Cheban, known as Foodgod, is an American reality television personality and food influencer, a recurring friend on Keeping Up With the Kardashians who legally changed his name in 2017.
Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold (1960-2018), Los Angeles Times restaurant critic and Counter Intelligence columnist, the first and only food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism (2007).
José Andrés
José Andrés (José Ramón Andrés Puerta), Spanish-American chef born 1969 in Mieres, Asturias; elBulli-trained, popularized tapas in America via Jaleo, runs José Andrés Group (~40 restaurants), and founded World Central Kitchen, serving hundreds of millions of meals.
Jose Cuervo
Jose Cuervo is the world's best-selling tequila brand, produced in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, since a 1758 land grant and the 1795 royal tequila license. Owned by the Beckmann family's Becle, it spans Especial, Tradicional, 1800, Gran Centenario, and Reserva de la Familia.
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, a Milwaukee brewery founded in 1849 by August Krug and renamed for Joseph Schlitz, made "The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous," was once the world's largest brewery, and saw its brand placed on hiatus by Pabst in May 2026.
Josh Niland
Josh Niland (born 1988) is an Australian chef, owner of Saint Peter and Fish Butchery in Sydney, pioneer of dry-aged, whole-fish 'fish as meat' cookery, author of The Whole Fish Cookbook and James Beard-winning Fish Butchery.
Josh Ostrovsky
Josh Ostrovsky, known as The Fat Jew or The Fat Jewish (@thefatjewish), is an American Instagram personality, author of Money Pizza Respect, and co-founder of White Girl Rosé and Babe Wine, sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Joshua Weissman
Joshua Weissman, American chef and YouTube creator behind the "But Better" series; author of NYT bestsellers An Unapologetic Cookbook (2021) and Texture Over Taste (2023); trained at Uchiko, Austin.
Journal of Food Science
The Journal of Food Science, founded in 1936 as Food Research, is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Food Technologists, publishing over 700 articles yearly.
Juan Valdez
Juan Valdez: fictional Colombian coffee farmer with mule Conchita, created in 1959 by the FNC via DDB New York; also the retail coffee brand run by Procafecol since 2002, with stores in 40 countries.
Jubel beer
Jubel is a UK fruit lager brand founded by Jesse Wilson, inspired by Alpine beer peche; 4% ABV peach lager, vegan, gluten-free, fifth biggest craft beer in the UK on-trade, B Corp certified since 2022.
Jubilant FoodWorks
Jubilant FoodWorks is an Indian quick-service restaurant company that holds exclusive master franchise rights for Domino's Pizza and Popeyes. It operates 3,636 stores across India and other nations.
Jucy Lucy
Jucy Lucy (Juicy Lucy): Minneapolis cheese-stuffed burger, cheese sealed inside two griddled beef patties. Invented in 1950s south Minneapolis; Matt's Bar ("Jucy") and 5-8 Club ("Juicy") both claim it; Minnesota's signature dish.
Judgment of Paris (wine)
The Judgment of Paris was a blind wine tasting held in Paris on May 24, 1976, where a French judges' panel ranked California wines first in both flights.
Juice
Juice: liquid pressed or diffused from fruit or vegetables; 100% juice has no added sugar. Covers processing, FDA 5-log safety rule, fiber and sugar debate, AAP pediatric limits, and WHO free-sugar policy.
Juicero
Juicero was a San Francisco startup founded by Doug Evans in 2013 that sold a $699 Wi-Fi-connected cold-press juicer and subscription produce packs, shutting down in 2017.
Juicy Fruit
Juicy Fruit is a fruit-flavored chewing gum brand introduced in 1893 by William Wrigley Jr.'s Chicago company at the World's Columbian Exposition, the oldest Wrigley brand, now owned by Mars, with a 31 percent worldwide gum share in the early 2000s.
Julia (2022 TV series)
Julia (2022–2023) is an HBO Max comedy-drama created by Daniel Goldfarb about Julia Child launching The French Chef at WGBH. Sarah Lancashire stars; eight-episode season one premiered March 31, 2022; critics consensus: infectious joie de vivre.
Julia Child
Julia Child (1912–2004), American cooking teacher and author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) and the TV series The French Chef, who brought French home cooking to mainstream America.
Julie Powell
Julie Powell (Julie Anne Powell, born Julia Anne Foster; 1973-2022), American food writer and blogger whose Salon blog the Julie/Julia Project cooking all 524 Julia Child recipes in a year produced the memoir Julie & Julia and the 2009 Nora Ephron film.
Jungle Bird
Jungle Bird: tiki cocktail of dark rum, Campari, pineapple juice, lime, and syrup, created by Jeffrey Ong at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton's Aviary Bar (1973 or 1978) as a welcome drink, revived by Beachbum Berry and Giuseppe González.
Jungle juice
Jungle juice is an improvised large-batch party punch of hard liquor, fruit juices, and soda in a big container. Originated as WWII G.I. moonshine in the Southwest Pacific; also a poppers brand and canned drink name.