Chef Frank Brigtsen & Friends

5 Victory Avenue,New Orleans LA 70119

18 February, 2021

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Chef Frank Brigtsen, a Cajun/Creole cooking superstar returns to the New Orleans Botanical Garden and this time he's bringing friends. "Frank & Friends" Kitchen in the Garden Menu First Course Oyster Soup with Spinach & Brie Second Course Presented by Chef Emily Johnson Slow-roasted pork, bread & butter pickled mirliton, Creole roasted peanuts, Tiger Sauce mayo, Vietnamese herb salad Third Course Seafood-Stuffed Eggplant with Shrimp & Lemon Parmesan Sauce Fourth Course Butterscotch Bread Pudding TICKETS ARE SOLD FOR TABLES OF TWO OR FOUR TABLES FOR SIX MAY BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Vegetarian options are available. Requests need to be made 48hours in advance. contact Melissa Marie Newell: [email protected] All About Frank: Chef Frank Brigtsen and his wife Marna are the owners of Brigtsen’s Restaurant, in the Riverbend neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans. Frank began his culinary career in 1973 while attending Louisiana State University. In 1979, he apprenticed at Commander's Palace Restaurant under the guidance of Chef Paul Prudhomme and became the first Night Chef at K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen in 1980. During his seven-year tenure with Chef Prudhomme at K-Paul's, Frank attained the position of Executive Chef. Paul and K Prudhomme were instrumental in helping Frank and Marna open Brigtsen's in 1986. Chef Frank has been named one of the Top Ten New Chefs in America by FOOD&WINE magazine (1988) and America’s Best Chef: South Year by New Orleans magazine and Restaurateur of the Year by the Louisiana Restaurant Association – N.O. Chapter. Chef Frank’s passion is teaching and sharing through food. He teaches Contemporary Creole/Acadian cuisine as Adjunct Professor at the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University and serves as Chef-in-Residence for the Culinary Arts program at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). All About Emily: Chef Emily Johnson, a native of Cecilia, from the Acadiana Region of Louisiana. She is currently Sous Chef at Clean Creations, a healthy-eating delivery service. Emily is a graduate of the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University , it is here where she met Chef Frank Brigtsen. Chef Johnson is a veteran of Brigtsen's Restaurant, the New Orleans School of Cooking, and Second Harvest Food Bank where she helped feed tens of thousands of Louisiana residents during seven hurricanes and the Covid -19 pandemic . In 2020, Emily was named one of "Louisiana's Best Chefs" by the American Culinary Federation. Emily writes her own food blog and sells custom-blended spices. You can find her on Facebook, on Instagram @thecastironchef, or visit her website www.thecastironchef.biz.