Dubbed the Queen of Creole Cuisine by People magazine, she has received a number of awards and achievements from the James Beard Foundation, including Outstanding Service Restaurant Winner, 1993 Chef/Owner Restaurant Winner, 1993 Outstanding Restaurant Winner, 1996 and Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009. Brennan is the matriarch of one the most prominent restaurant families in the United States.

'Ella Brennan will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Arts and Sciences. every day, and I think she’s up there with the best of them - and maybe ahead of any of them.'” I look at restaurateurs all over the U.S. I don’t think there’s anybody, even a male. 'Tim Zagat, the famed publisher of restaurant guides, said this about Ella Brennan: 'There’s nobody who has had a role as dominant in any other city that I’m aware of.

At 91, she is the matriarch of an extended family of restaurateurs that employs nearly 1,400 people, both full and part time, and she has mentored countless talents, including the celebrity chefs Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse.' Brennan helped create that reputation, and has made maintaining it a personal responsibility for more than 60 years. 'Her hometown’s civic pride is tightly linked to its reputation for culinary excellence Ms.

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