Up Yonder Food & Wine Festival Chefs
Indulge in a feast of flavors at the Up Yonder Food & Wine Festival! Taste unique dishes from your favorite local restaurants and regional guest chefs while enjoying the seafood cook-off.
check out our participating chefs!
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Chef/Owner at Forklift Restaurant + Bar
Cooper Miller
Cooper Miller is the chef and owner of Tupelo’s hottest restaurant Forklift, where he serves up his take on Southern Creole Cuisine. He is a native of Amory, Mississippi, where his family…
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Executive Chef/Co-Owner at Fat Calf Brasserie
Anthony Felan
Anthony Felan is the chef and proud owner of Fat Calf Brasserie in the Highland neighborhood of Shreveport. Anthony's culinary journey began at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts…
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Chef/Owner of Bourgeois Restaurant Group, LLC.
Desi Bourgeois
Desi Bourgeois is the Chef Owner of Bourgeois Restaurant Group, LLC. Desi and his wife Dianne returned to Ruston, to drive the “local first” food scene. Grown and Grazed, opened in February…
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Executive Chef at Atchafalaya
Chris Lynch
Chef Christopher Lynch, originally from Philadelphia, PA, discovered his culinary passion through his grandmother's cooking. He trained under a Master French Chef before attending the CIA Culinary Institute to refine his skills…
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Owners/Chefs at LOLA
Keith & Nealy Frentz
At an early age, Keith and Nealy Frentz had aspirations of someday owning a successful restaurant. Keith was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana and Nealy was born and raised in Southern…
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Owner/Chef at Inman Social
Wesley True
Chef Wesley True was a 2011 and 2012 James Beard nominee for Best chef in the South. He was on top Chef season 13, and he beat Bobby Flay. He resides In…
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Creator and Host of Duck Camp Dinners, Editor at Large for Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine
Jean-Paul Bourgeois
Jean-Paul is a native of Thibodaux Louisiana and spent much of his professional career cooking around the United States including Napa, San Francisco and New York City. Currently Jean-Paul works in various…
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Chef at Trio’s
Muriel Woodard
Chef Muriel Woodard is from Ruston, LA. She's had a passion for the culinary arts from a young age and attended the NOCHI culinary school in New Orleans, LA for baking and…