Nathalie Dupree (born December 23, 1939, in
New Jersey) is an author, chef, and cooking show host whose work has focused on American Southern cuisine. She was the first woman since
Julia Child to host more than one hundred cooking episodes on
public television. Her first show,
New Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree was followed by eight more series.
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Dupree is the author of 14 cookbooks, selling nearly a million copies, and the host of more than 300 national and international cooking shows, which have aired since 1986 on
PBS,
The Food Network, and
The Learning Channel. She has appeared many times on
the Today show and
Good Morning America. She has won wide recognition for her work, including four
James Beard Awards including "Who's who in American Cuisine", Grande Dame of Les Dames d' Escoffier and numerous other awards. She is best known for starting the
New Southern Cooking movement now found in many restaurants throughout the United States. She has been chef in three restaurants, in
Majorca,
Spain;
Georgia; and
Virginia. For 10 years she directed the
Rich's Cooking School in
Atlanta, with more than 10,000 students. Many of them have gone on to careers in restaurants, cooking publishing, and food -Wikapedia
I have 4 tapes of her shows .