Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award Best Chef: South 2018
★Food & Wine Best New Chef 2017
★Top Chef Season 11 Runner-up and Fan Favorite
★Times-Picayune Best New Restaurant 2016
★New Orleans Magazine Best New Restaurant
★Saint Lucia Culinary Ambassador 2014
Notable Facts
→James Beard Award winner for Best Chef: South 2018
→Daughter of Sir John George Melvin Compton, three-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia
→Graduate of Culinary Institute of America
→Worked at Daniel NYC under Daniel Boulud
→Chef/Owner of Compère Lapin, BABs, and Nina's Creole Cottage
→Published cookbook 'Kwéyòl/Creole' in 2025
→Top Chef Season 11 runner-up and fan favorite
→Saint Lucia's first Culinary Ambassador
→Closed Bywater American Bistro in 2025 after 7 years