(n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

Brillat-Savarin Cyrenaic Heliogabalus Lucullus Sardanapalus amateur arbiter arbiter elegantiarum arbiter of taste authority board-and-roomer boarder bon vivant cannibal carnivore carpet knight cognoscente collector connaisseur connoisseur connoisseur of food consumer critic dilettante diner diner-out eater eater-out epicure epicurean expert feeder flesh-eater fruitarian gastronome gastronomer gastronomist glutton good judge gourmand grain-eater graminivore granivore hedonist herbivore high liver hungry mouth judge lactovegetarian luncher man-eater maven meat-eater mouth omnivore omophagist pantophagist phytophage picnicker plant-eater pleasure-seeker predacean refined palate sensualist sensuist swine sybarite trencherman vegetarian virtuoso voluptuary