Leah Chase

Leah Chase (January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef, author and television personality. She was born in New Orleans but was raised in Madisonville, Louisiana, before moving back to New Orleans to attend catholic school. Chase was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. She supported African-American art and Creole cooking. Her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was known as a gathering place during the 1960s among many who participated in the Civil Rights Movement.

Chase died on June 1, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 96.Leah Chase, New Orleans’ matriarch of Creole cuisine, dead at 96

References

Other websites
Leah Chase New Orleans Online
Lifetime Achievement Award – Leah Chase  Southern Foodways Alliance (2000)
Allen, Carol Listen, I Say Like This (biography of Leah Chase) (2002)
Leah Chase of Dooky Chase Restaurant St. Mary's Academy Newsletter

Category:1923 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:American television personalities
Category:American civil rights activists
Category:American chefs
Category:Writers from New Orleans