Leah Chase

Leah Chase
Leah Chase in April 2008
Born	(1923-01-06)January 6, 1923 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	June 1, 2019(2019-06-01) (aged 96) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Education	Colonial Restaurant, French Quarter, New Orleans, United States
Spouse	Edgar "Dooky" Chase II (m. 1946; died 2016)
Children	4
Culinary career
Cooking style	Creole
Current restaurant(s) Dooky Chase
Award(s) won 2010 James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America 2009 Louisiana Restaurant Association's Restaurateur of the Year 2000 Lifetime achievement award from the Southern Foodways Alliance 1997 Times-Picayune Loving Cup Award

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.^[1]

Chase died on June 1, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 96.^[2]

1. ↑ "New Orleans chefs make list of James Beard food awards | wwltv.com New Orleans". Wwltv.com. 2010-03-22. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
2. ↑ Leah Chase, New Orleans’ matriarch of Creole cuisine, dead at 96