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Leyah (Leah) Chase[1] (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, advocating both African-American art and Creole cooking.
Jun 2, 2019 · Leah Chase, the nation’s pre-eminent Creole chef, always knew what to feed her famous customers. The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. liked barbecued ribs, and James Baldwin preferred gumbo....
Jun 24, 2024 · Leah Chase, a culinary icon and civil rights pioneer, transformed the gastronomic landscape in New Orleans. Under her leadership, Dooky Chase Restaurant became a sanctuary that shattered...
Jun 2, 2019 · Leah Chase fed presidents and Freedom Riders, broke New Orleans’ segregation laws by seating black and white patrons together, and helped mend the country’s divisions, one meal at a time.
Jun 3, 2019 · Leah Chase was the “Queen of Creole Cuisine,” the owner of the legendary Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans who fed presidents and made space for civil rights leaders to meet and...
Jun 2, 2019 · Leah Chase, the New Orleans chef known for her legendary Creole cuisine and for her role as a pioneer of the civil rights era, died on Saturday at the age of 96.
Feb 15, 2018 · Leah Chase: The Queen of Creole Cuisine. People 2 minutes 15 February 2018. The legendary chef has been immortalized with countless honorary degrees, a lifetime achievement award, and is even a Disney princess. chef.
Known as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine,” Leah Chase has fed Quincy Jones, Jesse Jackson, Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, James Baldwin, Ray Charles, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and countless others as Executive Chef of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant — one of the best-known and most culturally significant restaurants in New ...
Feb 15, 2018 · Leah Chase: The Queen of Creole Cuisine. People 2 minutes 15 February 2018. The legendary chef has been immortalized with countless honorary degrees, a lifetime achievement award, and is even a Disney princess. chef.
Jun 2, 2019 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans chef and civil rights icon Leah Chase, who created the city's first white-tablecloth restaurant for black patrons, broke the city's segregation laws by seating...
