Nathalie Dupree

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.

Dupree is the author of 10 cookbooks, selling over half 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 two James Beard Awards 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 media. She lives with her husband, Jack Bass, in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dupree is the daughter of Walter G. Meyer and Evelyn Kreiser. After her parents divorced she grew up in the American South with her mother and two siblings. In the late 1960s Nathalie and her first husband, David Dupree, lived in London, where Nathalie attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school, earning an advanced certificate. Following graduation she operated a restaurant in Majorca. Returning to the United States, she and David settled in David's home town, Social Circle, Georgia, where she established Nathalie's restaurant.

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