Paul Prudhomme, pioneering Louisiana chef, dies at 75

admin · 10-08-2015, 01:31 PM

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.?

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admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	Paul Prudhomme, pioneering Louisiana chef, dies at 75 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 andworked in New Orleans at Maison Dupuy and Le Pavillon before being named executive chef at Commander's Palace in 1975.?