Jeff Smith

Jeffrey L. Smith (January 22, 1939 – July 7, 2004) was an American chef—known as The Frugal Gourmet—, television host, and author of various cookbooks.

From 1965 to 1972, Smith was a chaplain at the University of Puget Sound. At the university, he taught a course called Food as Sacrament and Celebration. In 1972, he left the university to open and run Chaplain's Pantry Restaurant and Gourmet Shop, a deli and kitchen supply store in Tacoma, where, until 1983, Smith and his students offered cooking classes to the public.