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Mariya Moore-Russell (c. 1989) is an African American chef and restaurateur.She became the first black woman to be awarded a Michelin star in September 2019 while working as a chef at Kumiko and Kikkō.
In 1937, Richard and her daughter, Marie, started a cooking school. As historian Ashley Rose Young writes, "Richard’s school targeted young black men and women. She sought to train them in the culinary sciences so as to give them a chance to make a career for themselves in a city that historically disenfranchised African Americans." [7]
Leyah (Leah) Chase [1] (née Lange; January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana.An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, advocating both African-American art and Creole cooking.
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Freda DeKnight (1909–1963) was the first food editor of Ebony magazine and the author of A Date With A Dish: A Cookbook of American Negro Recipes, considered the first major cookbook written by an African-American for an African-American audience. [2] She was a pioneer for the working class, who was able to articulate an unmatched love of food.
Kwame Onwuachi (/ ˈ k w ɑː m i ə n ˈ w ɑː tʃ i /; born November 11, 1989) [1] is a Nigerian-American chef based in New York City, New York. A published author and restaurateur, he also appeared as a contestant on Top Chef in 2015.
Ashleigh Shanti (born circa 1991) [1] is an American chef and sommelier. She is a freelance chef. Shanti specializes in African American foodways, including Black Appalachian cuisine. [3] From 2018 until 2020 she was the chef de cuisine of Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. [4] [5]
Augustus Jackson (April 16, 1808 – January 11, 1852) [1] was an African American businessperson, chef, ice cream maker, and confectioner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] He is credited as inventing a modern method of manufacturing ice cream and for new flavor development. [3]