Paul Prudhomme, pioneering Louisiana chef, dies at 75
 

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Paul Prudhomme, the Opelousas native who popularized Cajun cuisine in the 1980s, has died at 75 after a brief illness resulting from an infection, WWL-TV reported this morning.*A worker at his restaurant, K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, confirmed the news.

Prudhomme, the youngest of 13 children, began cooking in Opelousas before apprenticing in kitchens around the country. He came back to Louisiana and*worked in New Orleans at Maison Dupuy and Le Pavillon before being named executive chef at Commander's Palace in 1975.?