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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Aug 08, 2015
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• Category : General News
• Description : Huffington Post
  The Huffington Post | By Jessica Dickerson
  Posted: 03/28/2014 2:57 pm EDT Updated: 03/28/2014 6:59 pm EDT
  
  Photo: Tetra Images - Jetta Productions/Dana Neely via Getty Images
  
  This news mentions Ron Duprat, a Haitian Chef.
• Location : United States
• Website : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/famous-black-chefs_n_5036401.html

Overview

• The "talented black cook" stereotype is a stale one -- leftover from a long history of slavery and servitude in white kitchens -- and tightly bound to the notion of "black food."
  
  So let’s set the record straight. Blacks can cook. And preparation and serving is not the only black contribution to food culture. In fact, the tantalizing world of black chefs is a sweet and salty medley of kitchen savvy educators, restaurateurs, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, authors, activists and celebrity personalities. There’s a new generation of black foodies in town, and they’re breaking down barriers like butchers breaking bones.
  
  You’ve probably heard of Marcus Samuelsson, but here are thirteen other chefs you may not know but definitely should -- big names in the game that help shape the ever-evolving culinary world.
  
  Some food for thought; it’s actually a good thing we can say that many amazing chefs didn’t make it on to this list because not so long ago it would have been difficult to name a plethora of black chefs in the public eye. Thanks to fearless culinary geniuses like those listed below, this is no longer the case.
  
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