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Chefs from New Orleans

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The list Chefs from New Orleans includes Leah Chase, Jessica B. Harris, Beulah Levy Ledner, Lena Richard and Lee Barnes (cook). The list consists of 13 members.

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Largest city in Louisiana
  • 1.

    Emeril Lagasse
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (born 1959)
    Emeril Lagasse
    Overview: Emeril John Lagassé III ( EM-ə-rəl lə-GAH-see; born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his ...
    Date of birth: 15 October 1959
    Age: 64
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: TV Personality
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
    Partner: Alden Lovelace-Lagasse (Married)
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    Chefs from Louisiana 7T
    American male chefs 295T
    Male chefs 309T
  • 2.

    Paul Prudhomme
    American chef
    Paul Prudhomme
    Overview: Paul Prudhomme (July 13, 1940 – October 8, 2015), also known as Gene Autry Prudhomme, was an American celebrity chef whose specialties were Creole and Cajun cuisines, which he was also credited with p ...
    Date of birth: 13 July 1940
    Date of death: 8 October 2015
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    Chefs from Louisiana 7T
    American male chefs 295T
    Male chefs 309T
  • 3.

    Leah Chase
    American chef
    Leah Chase
    Overview: Leyah (Leah) Chase (née Lange; January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana. An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine ...
    Date of birth: 6 January 1923
    Date of death: 1 June 2019
    Age: 96 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Female
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    Chefs from Louisiana 7T
    American women chefs 142T
    2019 deaths 9,204T
  • 4.

    John Besh
    American chef
    John Besh
    Overview: John Besh (born May 14, 1968) is an American chef, TV personality, philanthropist, restaurateur and author. He is known for his efforts in preserving the culinary heritage of New Orleans cuisine. He is ...
    Date of birth: 14 May 1968
    Age: 56
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    Figures in sexual harassment scandals 70T
    Chefs from Louisiana 7T
    American male chefs 377T
  • 5.

    Lena Richard
    American chef
    Overview: Lena Richard (September 11, 1892 - November 27, 1950) was a chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, frozen food entrepreneur, and television host from New Orleans, Louisiana. On October 20, 1939, Richard ...
    Date of birth: 11 September 1892
    Date of death: 27 November 1950
    Age: 58 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Female
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    Lee Barnes (cook)
    New Orleans chef and cooking teacher (1951-1992)
    Overview: Lee Barnes (1951 – November 3, 1992) was an American chef, cookbook author, and cooking teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1970s and 1980s. She founded the Lee Barnes Cooking School and ...
    Date of birth: 1951
    Date of death: 3 November 1992
    Age: 41 (age at death)
    Occupation: Chef
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  • 7.

    Jessica B. Harris
    American culinary historian
    Jessica B. Harris
    Overview: Jessica B. Harris (born March 18, 1948) is an American culinary historian, college professor, cookbook author and journalist.
    Date of birth: 18 March 1948
    Age: 76
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Female
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    Chefs from Massachusetts 11T
    Chefs from New York City 15T
    American women chefs 142T
  • 8.

    Tariq Hanna
    American, Chef
    Overview: Tariq Hanna was Executive Pastry Chef and partner of the Sucré dessert restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born and raised in Nigeria, and after attending boarding school in England, Hanna moved ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    American male chefs 295T
    Nigerian television chefs 2T
    Nigerian chefs 2T
  • 9.

    Andrea Apuzzo
    American chef
    Overview: Andrea Apuzzo is a James Beard Foundation-member chef. His restaurant, Andrea's, in Metairie, Louisiana, United States, is one of the New Orleans area's noted restaurants.
    Nationality: Italian
    Occupation: Chef
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    Italian-American culture in Louisiana 9T
    Restaurants established in 1985 35T
    Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T
  • 10.

    Austin Leslie
    New Orleans Chef
    Austin Leslie
    Overview: Austin Leslie (2 July 1934 – 29 September 2005) was an internationally famous New Orleans, Louisiana, chef whose work defined 'Creole Soul'. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 71 after having ...
    Date of birth: 2 July 1934
    Date of death: 29 September 2005
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    American male chefs 295T
    Male chefs 309T
    African-American Catholics 306T
  • 11.

    John Currence
    American chef
    Overview: John Currence is an American chef based in Oxford, Mississippi. As of 2019 he owns four restaurants in the city of Oxford: City Grocery, Big Bad Breakfast, Bourè, and Snackbar in addition to a catering ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    Nina Compton
    Saint Lucian chef based in Louisiana
    Overview: Nina Compton is a James Beard award winning Saint Lucian chef currently living in New Orleans, Louisiana.
    Date of birth: 16 October 1978
    Age: 45
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Female
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    Beulah Levy Ledner
    New Orleans dessert and pastry chef
    Beulah Levy Ledner
    Overview: Beulah Levy Ledner (January 5, 1894 – March 30, 1988) was a dessert and pastry chef in New Orleans, Louisiana, who was most noted for her invention of Doberge cakes, which were an adaptation for Louisiana ...
    Date of birth: 5 January 1894
    Date of death: 30 March 1988
    Age: 94 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Female
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    Jews and Judaism in New Orleans 2T
    People from St. Rose, Louisiana 14T
    Jews and Judaism in Louisiana 11T
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