Southern Chef

Chef Jennifer Hill Booker is an acclaimed culinary expert known for her signature style, Modern Southern Cuisine with a French Accent, which blends traditional Southern flavors with classic French techniques. Trained at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Paris, she has built a dynamic career as a chef, cookbook author, culinary educator, public speaker, and television personality.
Her culinary journey has taken her across the world, including Germany where she founded her culinary company 'Your Resident Gourmet' and hosted cooking classes for military and local families. Chef Jennifer has appeared on television shows including Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen and Andrew Zimmern’s Family Dinner.
She is the author of several books including Field Peas to Foie Gras: Southern Recipes with a French Accent and Dinner Déjà Vu: Southern Tonight, French Tomorrow. Chef Jennifer is also the owner of Bauhaus Biergarten in Arkansas and an advocate for food equity and healthy, seasonal cooking.
Recognised for her leadership in the culinary world, she is a James Beard Foundation Impact Fellow, a Georgia Grown Executive Chef, and a former President of the Atlanta chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International.