Stella Chase Reese, daughter of chef Leah Chase, oversees the daily operations of Dooky Chase's Restaurant. She walked the red carpet last night. Photo: Jeff Schear/Getty Images for James Beard Foundation
🏆 James Beard Awards: Dooky Chase's Restaurant was honored with one of the foundation's most prestigious awards last night — America's Classic.
Sadly, Lagniappe Bakehouse's Kaitlin Guerin didn't win in the emerging chef category. (Winners)
Our colleagues at Axios Chicago have more highlights from the so-called Oscars of the food world.
✈️ Gov. Jeff Landry and LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois are heading to Paris this week for the International Paris Air Show. (Press release)
🏥 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, 90, is in critical condition at a Baton Rouge hospital. (Shreveport Times)
LaPlace authorities believe the body found in the Mississippi River is a New Orleans woman who fell in earlier this month near the Riverwalk. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
