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re: Best chef in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 1/27/12 at 3:14 pm to TheRoarRestoredInBR
Posted on 1/27/12 at 3:14 pm to TheRoarRestoredInBR
Varnadoe is damned good, Will Cover named a good local kid as well.
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Posted on 1/27/12 at 3:23 pm to Shingo
I'm very glad to have Ryan Andre in BR, great local chef, with great resume. Absolutely love LeCreole's Crab Cake(even more so at it's original price of $15 just a year ago..now success and demand has it at $18)..
But, outside of their fab lunch deals and drink prices, have at times been slightly underwhelmed with some of their dinner prices and modest portions on some dishes. Yet, still really like the place.
LeC, can at times be like BR's Beausoleil, in having a Clara Peller moment.
But, outside of their fab lunch deals and drink prices, have at times been slightly underwhelmed with some of their dinner prices and modest portions on some dishes. Yet, still really like the place.
LeC, can at times be like BR's Beausoleil, in having a Clara Peller moment.
This post was edited on 1/27/12 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 1/27/12 at 3:23 pm to CalcuttaTigah
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Who is the best chef in our city?
Roul, from Roul's.
Posted on 1/27/12 at 3:26 pm to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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still really like the place.
I'm a big fan.
I can't seem to break away from the "Tasting of Creole Louisiana" fish dish. I order this every time.
Wife gets the same thing as well. Crispy Fried Chicken and Sweet Potato Waffle.
So much for diversity.
And of course, the crab cake as an appetizer.
Portions could be bigger, for the price, especially at dinner time, but I never walk away hungry either.
Posted on 1/29/12 at 1:55 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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Chefs Jetty, Varnadoe, Langlois, and Sclafani, have to be in the discussion. Mark Maggio has never been anywhere close to one of BR's best chefs, though he isn't a bad one. Just bad biz owner. Joey Distefano ran circles around MM's cooking and pasta. Chef Charles Brandt(not to be confused with his sons), in his prime, was the best ever in BR history, and it's not even close.
Terry McDonna (sp) was right there with Brandt. Worked with both of them. Terry was the real Deal. I Worked with Langlois when he was starting, great guy.
Right now, the best chef in town hands down is Varnadoe, who is also a great guy...I actually worked with Varnadoe, Langlois and McDonna at the same place. The second best chef there was a guy named Martin Klier, he might of actually been the best I worked with there.
Don't know what happened to him.
This post was edited on 1/29/12 at 2:06 am
Posted on 1/29/12 at 8:31 am to djrunner
The same Martin Klier that got run as exec chef of a local golf club in a week for not being able to knock out burgers and fries? 
Posted on 1/29/12 at 1:03 pm to Shingo
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The same Martin Klier that got run as exec chef of a local golf club in a week for not being able to knock out burgers and fries?
I don't know? Maybe.
He was executive chef at Baton Rouge Country club for 10 years or so after his stent as Executive Head Chef at Lafitte's Landing, so may be the same guy. All I know is he was awesome when I worked with him.
Posted on 1/29/12 at 3:08 pm to djrunner
I don't doubt you you at all. I guess the mighty have fallen
Posted on 1/30/12 at 1:05 pm to Shingo
Chef Jeremy Langlois without a doubt. Although not in BR he has been preforming at a high level at Houmas House for the past 6 years or so.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 2:24 pm to tigerman191
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Chef Jeremy Langlois
He certainly had the best dish at the Fete Rouge.. and Vernadoe among others were all there.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 2:57 pm to Sobchak
while it's always fun to compete, I don't think those feed-the-masses type events can really determine who is a better chef on a day to day basis personally
Posted on 1/30/12 at 3:12 pm to Shingo
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while it's always fun to compete, I don't think those feed-the-masses type events can really determine who is a better chef on a day to day basis personally
well on that day, langlois won. if you havent been to his place... you should go. i do love stroube's though.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 3:19 pm to tigerman191
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Chef Jeremy Langlois without a doubt.
There is clearly some doubt. By far. No question. And it's not even close.
Love the hyperbole on the food board.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 3:28 pm to pooponsaban
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Love the hyperbole on the food board
comes from being uninformed.. not just the guy you quoted either.
Nola folks will swear up and down that none of these guys could pay their rent in the chocolate city.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 3:39 pm to Sobchak
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Nola folks will swear up and down that none of these guys could pay their rent in the chocolate city.
Get out of here with the crap
Pretty sure Varnadoe used to cook in N.O.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 3:55 pm to notiger1997
Carnegie cooked at Patois and Marigny Cafe (sukho Thai location) and Marigny Brasserie (same owners as cafe)... May have been somewhere else, too...
Posted on 1/30/12 at 4:02 pm to notiger1997
From his bio
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It was at Café Marigny in New Orleans (now The Marigny Brasserie) that Varnedoe established himself. He was featured as one of the top five chefs in New Orleans in Bon Appetit magazine and twice was named Best of Show at the Louisiana Gold New Orleans Culinary Classic.
Posted on 1/30/12 at 5:29 pm to Catman88
What restaurant did Maggio own/run?
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