Who invented Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)? Fast Info and Fact File: Country of Origin: United States of America *** Name of Inventor: Colonel Harland David Sanders *** Nationality of Inventor: American *** Date of Invention: 1930 *** Invention: Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) *** Lifespan of Inventor: 1890 - 1980 *** Type: Food and Drink *** The Inventor and Invention of Fried Chicken ***

History of the Chicken: The chicken was first domesticated around 6000 BC in southeast Asia, China, Thailand, Burma and India. The domesticated chicken spread to Ancient Egypt, Greece and the Romans and across the Roman Empire and Western Civilizations. The chicken was introduced to the 'New World' during the Age of Exploration and by the migrants who made America their new home.

Fact 1: Who invented Fried Chicken? The tradition of frying chicken dates back to at least the time of the Ancient Romans who documented the oldest collection of recipes to survive from antiquity.

Fact 2: Who invented Fried Chicken? An old recipe for Fried Chicken can be found in 'Apicius', a recipe book from Ancient Rome that was compiled in the 4th century AD.  'Apicius' was a collection of Roman recipes that included contributions written by a famous Roman Gourmet, called Marcus Gavius Apicius, who lived in the 1st Century AD reign of Tiberius.

Fact 3: Who invented Fried Chicken? The Romans documented a recipe for 'Pullum frontonianum' in 'Apicius' which began by deep frying seasoned chicken in olive oil.

Fact 4: Who invented Fried Chicken? The cooking method referred to as 'deep frying' involves submerging food in hot fat as opposed to 'shallow frying' which requires minimal amount of oil with only partial coverage of the  food.

Fact 5: Who invented Fried Chicken? Many of the Medieval and Renaissance recipes that included Fried Chicken used a cooking method called 'fricassee' in which food was browned and sealed by shallow frying and then cooked in a sauce. The deep frying cooking method was quite rare as oil was expensive and modern deep frying only became viable during the 19th century.

Fact 6: Who invented Fried Chicken? The name of the person often credited with inventing Fried Chicken is Hannah Glasse (1708 - 1770) who published a fried chicken recipe in her book called 'The Art of Cookery' which was first published in 1747. The Hannah Glasse recipe was in fact published under the heading 'To Marinate Chickens' and involved first boiling then frying the food.

Fact 7: Who invented Fried Chicken? The Hannah Glasse cookbook became popular in the first Thirteen Colonies of America and was used by Martha Washington. Fried Chicken evolved into an American speciality that originated with the old recipes brought with immigrants from the 'Old World'.

Fact 8: Who invented Fried Chicken? The first printed American recipe for fried chicken was published in 1824 entitled 'The Virginia House Wife' by Mary Randolph which involved placing chicken pieces in "a large quantity of boiling lard" and then cooking using the fricassee method. The Deep frying method using hot boiling oil was then, as now, was considered to be dangerous and hot work and therefore not used by housewives.

Fact 1: Who invented Fried Chicken? The tradition of frying chicken dates back to at least the time of the Ancient Romans who documented the oldest collection of recipes to survive from antiquity.

Fact 2: Who invented Fried Chicken? An old recipe for Fried Chicken can be found in 'Apicius', a recipe book from Ancient Rome that was compiled in the 4th century AD.  'Apicius' was a collection of Roman recipes that included contributions written by a famous Roman Gourmet, called Marcus Gavius Apicius, who lived in the 1st Century AD reign of Tiberius.

Fact 3: Who invented Fried Chicken? The Romans documented a recipe for 'Pullum frontonianum' in 'Apicius' which began by deep frying seasoned chicken in olive oil.

Fact 4: Who invented Fried Chicken? The cooking method referred to as 'deep frying' involves submerging food in hot fat as opposed to 'shallow frying' which requires minimal amount of oil with only partial coverage of the  food.

Fact 5: Who invented Fried Chicken? Many of the Medieval and Renaissance recipes that included Fried Chicken used a cooking method called 'fricassee' in which food was browned and sealed by shallow frying and then cooked in a sauce. The deep frying cooking method was quite rare as oil was expensive and modern deep frying only became viable during the 19th century.

Fact 6: Who invented Fried Chicken? The name of the person often credited with inventing Fried Chicken is Hannah Glasse (1708 - 1770) who published a fried chicken recipe in her book called 'The Art of Cookery' which was first published in 1747. The Hannah Glasse recipe was in fact published under the heading 'To Marinate Chickens' and involved first boiling then frying the food.

Fact 7: Who invented Fried Chicken? The Hannah Glasse cookbook became popular in the first Thirteen Colonies of America and was used by Martha Washington. Fried Chicken evolved into an American speciality that originated with the old recipes brought with immigrants from the 'Old World'.

Fact 8: Who invented Fried Chicken? The first printed American recipe for fried chicken was published in 1824 entitled 'The Virginia House Wife' by Mary Randolph which involved placing chicken pieces in "a large quantity of boiling lard" and then cooking using the fricassee method. The Deep frying method using hot boiling oil was then, as now, was considered to be dangerous and hot work and therefore not used by housewives.

Fact 19: Who invented Fried Chicken? Harland Sanders was commonly called "Colonel Sanders" from that point forward. The Sanders Cafe caught fire in 1939 and was replaced by a restaurant and motel which opened on July 4, 1940.

Fact 20: Who invented Fried Chicken? Colonel Sanders sold the motel in 1956 and at the age of 66 began selling franchises for his secret recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Colonel Sanders went on to found his global KFC empire.

Fact 21: Who invented Fried Chicken? Colonel Sanders developed his own image to create a recognisable brand for KFC reflecting a Southern gentleman with a white goatee beard and traditional  white frock coat with a string tie.

Fact 22: Who invented Fried Chicken? In 1964 Colonel Sanders sold the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) corporation for $2 million (over $16 million today) to a partnership of Kentucky businessmen headed by John Y. Brown, Jr.

Fact 23: Who invented Fried Chicken? Colonel Sanders died of pneumonia at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky on December 16, 1980 at the age of 90 years old.