Chef Mark Gasquet
A.P.P.C.A.
(504) 733-3796
Email: neworleanschef@cox.net

CHEF MARK GASQUET loves to cook and has been doing it very well for almost 50 years! His professional training began courtesy of Uncle Sam and the U.S. Army's Cooks and Bakers School at Fort Lee, Virginia in 1954.

He has worked with chefs of the French army while stationed in Berlin, taken classes at Le Cordon Bleu and Ritz Carlton in Paris. Peter Kump's New York School of Cooking, and the C.I.A. (Culinary Institute of America) in California.

Most recently he attended le Cordon Bleu in London where he has continued to develop his skills in French culinary styles.

For the past few years he has conducted culinary arts classes for Delgado Community College, and the Jefferson Parish Recreation Department.

His classes Introduction to Cooking, Introduction to Gourmet Cooking, and A Culinary Journey have met with great success.

In February, he will be conducting a cooking class for The French Culinary Institute in New York City demonstrating true New Orleans Cuisine.

Also, he has recently published a wonderful cookbook: Healthy New Orleans Cuisine.  Do yourself a flavor and get a copy.

He is an active member of the American Personal & Private Chefs Association.