Leah Chase

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Leah Chase was a renowned New Orleans chef and civil rights figure, celebrated as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine” for her influential Dooky Chase’s Restaurant.

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Leah Chase canonical 1
Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This 1

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instanceOf chef
civil rights activist
cookbook author
human
restaurateur
awardReceived James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Louisiana Restaurant Association Hall of Fame induction
Southern Foodways Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award
basedIn Treme neighborhood, New Orleans
linked to: Treme neighborhood
birthDate 1923-01-06
birthName Leah Lange
birthPlace Madisonville, Louisiana, United States
burialPlace St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2019-06-01
deathPlace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
employer Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Chase
fieldOfWork civil rights
culinary arts
fullName Leah Lange Chase
genre Creole cuisine
soul food
givenName Leah
hasPublication And Still I Cook
Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This
linked to: Leah Chase

The Dooky Chase Cookbook
honorificTitle Queen of Creole Cuisine
inspiredCharacter Tiana’s mother Eudora in Disney’s "The Princess and the Frog"
knownFor elevating Creole cuisine
hosting civil rights leaders at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
supporting the American civil rights movement
languageSpoken English
memberOf Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary
nickname Queen of Creole Cuisine
notableGuestHosted Freedom Riders
linked to: Freedom Rides

Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
notableRestaurant Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
notableWork Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
occupation chef
civil rights activist
cookbook author
restaurateur
placeOfResidence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Edgar "Dooky" Chase Jr.
workLocation New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Metairie Cemetery hasBurial Leah Chase
Leah Chase hasPublication Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This
linked to: Leah Chase