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In the beginning, there was Chef Paul. And for Frank Brigtsen, as for several other Louisiana chefs who trained with Paul Prudhomme, that association would prove both an asset and a liability through the early years of their careers, when they were inevitably known as Prudhomme‚ proteges. Brigtsen was the first of Prudhomme’s students to succeed on his own.

He succeeded so well, in fact, that he was named‚ Best Chef, Southeast, by the prestigious James Beard Awards.

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Some of the newest up-and-coming chefs have cooked with Prudhomme and then spent time cooking with Brigtsen, a sure sign that all the best students are called to be teachers someday. Brigtsen met Prudhomme before K-Paul‚ became a mecca in New Orleans‚ French Quarter. Prudhomme was executive chef at the Brennan family‚ Commander‚Palace, where Brigtsen started an apprenticeship in 1971.

Brigtsen continued to cook while attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and eventually returned to Prudhomme and the bustle Nourishing an Oral Tradition with Chef Frank Brigtsen WIQA