Source: Skip Bolen/WireImage / Getty Dooky Chase Restaurant Owner Leah Chase Dies At 96 The city of New Orleans is reeling after one of its icons unfortunately passed. Leah Chase, the co-owner and executive chef of the city’s famed Dooky Chase restaurant died Saturday. The news was confirmed by her family who released a statement on Facebook. Hailed as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine”, Leah was known nationwide for her work feeding those on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Later in life, she’d go on to feed sitting Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Her historic restaurant was helmed as NOLA’s “first white-tablecloth restaurant for black patrons.” Celebs are remembering Ms. Chase on social media. It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of legendary chef #LeahChase . Her family just released word that she has died. Y’all, Ms. Chase was one of my favorites. Anytime I would visit New Orleans 1/ pic.twitter.com/5KUqvvb5LB — rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) June 2, 2019 One of the greatest people of our time passed at age 96. Sending all our love to the family and friends of the one and only Leah Chase. I’m so blessed that I got to cook with her, cook for her, and enjoy meals from her own hands, but mostly I’m grateful … https://t.co/t4iJTMLGqv pic.twitter.com/T3Ss9YvtrT — Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) June 2, 2019 R.I.P. to Ms. Leah Chase.
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Iconic Creole Cuisine Chef And Civil Rights Icon Leah Chase Dies At 96
