Ella Brennan
Ella Brennan (born 1925) is a restaurateur and part of a family of restaurateur's specializing in haute Louisiana Creole cuisine in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2009 she received the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.[1] In 2002 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance.[2]
Brennan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 27, 1925. She worked for her brother Owen E. Brennan at a restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans and studied restaurant service in Europe and New York where she worked at the 21 Club. At Commander's Palace she worked with Paul Prudhomme beginning in 1975 and Emeril Lagasse from 1983.[2]
References
- ↑ Anderson, Brett (May 5, 2015). "James Beard Award winning restaurants in New Orleans". The Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15.
- 1 2 Ella Brennan Scott Simmons for the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Further reading
- Mullener, Elizabeth (October 7, 2007). "The Queen of Cuisine: Ella Brennan regarded as one of most revolutionary restaurateurs in world". The Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
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