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Nathalie Dupree (December 23, 1939 – January 13, 2025) was an American author, chef, and cooking show host whose work focused on American Southern cuisine. She was the first woman since Julia Child to host more than one hundred cooking episodes on public television. Her first show, New Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree was followed by eight more series.

Dupree was the author of 15 cookbooks, selling nearly a million copies, and the host of more than 300 national and international cooking shows, which have aired since 1986 on PBS, The Food Network, and The Learning Channel. She appeared many times on the Today show and Good Morning America. She won wide recognition for her work, including four James Beard Awards including "Who's who in American Cuisine", Grande Dame of Les Dames d' Escoffier and numerous other awards. She was best known for starting the New Southern Cooking movement now found in many restaurants throughout the United States. She was chef in three restaurants, in Majorca, Spain; Georgia; and Virginia. For 10 years she directed the Rich's Cooking School in Atlanta, with more than 10,000 students. Many of them have gone on to careers in restaurants, cooking publishing, and food media.

Dupree ws the daughter of Walter G. Meyer and Evelyn Kreiser. After her parents divorced she grew up in the American South with her mother and two siblings. In the late 1960s Nathalie and her second husband, David Dupree, lived in London, where Nathalie attended Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, earning an advanced certificate. Following graduation she operated a restaurant in Majorca. Returning to the United States, she and David settled in David's home town, Social Circle, Georgia, where she established Nathalie's restaurant.

She was a founder and two-time president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, founder and co-president of both the Atlanta and Charleston, South Chapters of Les Dames d' Escoffier, founding chairman of the Charleston Food and Wine Festival, past president of the Atlanta Chapter of the International Woman's Forum and ws active in many other organizations.

Dupree mounted a write-in campaign against incumbent Senator Jim DeMint in the 2010 Senate election in South Carolina. She sought DeMint's seat as a long shot, seeking to "cook his goose." She expressed a willingness to work alongside fellow South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham to "bring home the bacon" for the state.

She was married to Jack Bass, historian and author, and they resided in Raleigh, NC. Dupree died on January 13, 2025, at the age of 85 in Raleigh.

Books

Nathalie Dupree Cooks for Family and Friends ISBN 0688097677 William Morrow & Co (January 1, 1991)

Nathalie Dupree’s Matters of Taste ISBN 0394578511 Alfred A. Knopf (March 3, 1992)

Nathalie Dupree Cooks Great Meals For Busy Days ISBN 0517597349 Clarkson Potter (May 31, 1994)

Nathalie Dupree Cooks Everyday Meals From A Well-Stocked Pantry: Strategies for Shopping Less and Eating Better ISBN 0517597357 Clarkson Potter (January 24, 1995)

Nathalie Dupree Cooks Quick Meals For Busy Days: 180 Delicious Timesaving Recipes ISBN 0517597365 Clarkson Potter (February 20, 1996)

New Southern Cooking ISBN 9-780-8203-2630-6 University of Georgia Press (April 5, 2004)

Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories Recipes and Reminiscences ISBN 9-780-8203-2601-6 University of Georgia Press (April 5, 2004)

Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables 978-1423637387 Gibbs-Smith 2013

Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking 9781423602750 Gibbs-Smith 2012

Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining At Home with Ease and Grace ISBN 9-780-8203-4513-0 University of Georgia Press (April 1, 2013)

Nathalie Dupree's Shrimp and Grits, revised ISBN 1423636651 Gibbs Smith; Revised ed. edition (May 1, 2014) co-author Marion Sullivan

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