Chef & Civil Rights Activist Leah Chase Interview

Leah Chase is a world renowned chef, author and television personality. She is known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. Her family restaurant, Dooky Chase, was known as a gathering place during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and has been in operation for 76 years. Mrs. Chase is also well known for her extensive African-American art collection and philanthropic work in the community. In 2010 Mrs. Chase was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America. At Dooky Chase, Leah has fed her creole cuisine to the likes of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Ray Charles, Hank Aaron, Jay Z, Beyoncé, & Solange to name a few. In this episode of the Gumbo Pot Podcast we discuss what drives her, the musical roots of the restaurant, and she delivers a few pearls of wisdom. www.TheGumboPotPodcast.com When you mention the podcast please use #TheGumboPotPodcast email: [e-mail] Follow all our social media's IG: @thegumbopotpodcast | Twitter: @thegumbopotpodcast www.dookychaserestaurant.com http://dookychasefoundation.org