Chef john folse biography
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CHEF JOHN D. FOLSE, CEC, AAC
Chef John Folse, born in St. James Parish in , learned early that the secrets of Cajun cooking lay in the unique ingredients of Louisiana’s swamp floor pantry.
Folse seasoned these raw ingredients with his passion for Louisiana culture and cuisine, and from his cast iron pots emerged Chef John Folse & Company.
When Folse opened Lafitte’s Landing Restaurant in in Donaldsonville, he set out to market his restaurant by taking “a taste of Louisiana” worldwide.
Chef john folse biography
He introduced Louisiana’s indigenous cuisine to Japan in , Beijing in and Hong Kong and Paris in In , Folse made international headlines with the opening of “Lafitte’s Landing East” in Moscow during the Presidential Summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
In , Folse was the first non-Italian chef to create the Vatican State Dinner in Rome. Promotional restaurants also included London in and , Bogota in , Taipei in and and Seoul in In ,