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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award for Best Chef South (2006)
★Food & Wine Best New Chefs (1999)
★Food Arts Silver Spoon Award (2008)
★James Beard Foundation Who's Who in Food & Beverage (2014)
★Louisiana Restaurant Association Restaurateur of the Year (2008)
★Louisiana Travel Association Restaurateur of the Year (2026)
★IACP Cookbook Awards for multiple publications
Notable Facts
→Former US Marine who served in Gulf War
→Co-founded Besh Restaurant Group (now BRG Hospitality) with multiple acclaimed restaurants
→Author of multiple bestselling cookbooks including 'My New Orleans' and 'My Family Table'
→Graduated from Culinary Institute of America
→Stepped down from restaurant group in 2017 following sexual harassment allegations
→Instrumental in New Orleans culinary recovery post-Hurricane Katrina
→Recently returned to public eye in 2024 with new restaurant ventures
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