{"id":2631,"date":"2016-12-06T10:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2022-03-22T20:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:13:22","slug":"chef-john-folse-cec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/about-us\/chef-john-folse-cec\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef John Folse, CEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2631\" class=\"elementor elementor-2631\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-iceksid elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"iceksid\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-kdozbpy\" data-id=\"kdozbpy\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xwtnvpe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"xwtnvpe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Louisiana's Culinary Ambassador\nto the world<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee9ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ee9ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/12\/0406-chef-john-folse-culinary-class-2016-045-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-277\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/12\/0406-chef-john-folse-culinary-class-2016-045-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/12\/0406-chef-john-folse-culinary-class-2016-045-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/12\/0406-chef-john-folse-culinary-class-2016-045-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/12\/0406-chef-john-folse-culinary-class-2016-045.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ejwvfal elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ejwvfal\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born and raised in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Chef John Folse, CEC, is respected around the world as a leading authority on Cajun and Creole culture and cuisine. Folse grew up in a family of sugarcane farmers and great cooks, learning at a young age to utilize ingredients from the swamp floor pantry of south Louisiana\u2019s Bayou Country.<\/p><p>Following the success of his Lafitte\u2019s Landing Restaurant in Donaldsonville, Folse expanded into catering and manufacturing. Chef John Folse &amp; Company is one of only a few chef-owned food manufacturing companies in the United States producing custom-manufactured foods. Folse has also branched into catering and events management which he houses at\u00a0White Oak Plantation in Baton Rouge.<\/p><p>Chef John Folse has produced\u00a0several cookbooks in his Cajun and Creole series. He hosts his own television\u00a0cooking show, broadcast on public television stations, and his syndicated radio show Stirrin\u2019 It Up! can be heard nationwide.<\/p><p>As a Certified Executive Chef, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acfchefs.org\/ACF\/Partnerships\/AAC\/ACF\/Partnerships\/AAC\/\">American Academy of Chefs<\/a> and past president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culinology.org\/\">Research Chefs Association<\/a>, Folse represents the finest in culinary professionalism and has received numerous awards.<\/p><p>In August\u00a0 2010, Folse announced his partnership with Chef Rick Tramonto and the formation of Home on the Range: Folse Tramonto Restaurant Development, LLC. Their first joint venture, <a title=\"Restaurant R'evolution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionnola.com\/\">Restaurant R\u2019evolution<\/a>, opened in June of 2012 at 777 Bienville\u00a0 St. at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans. Restaurant R\u2019evolution offers modern,\u00a0 imaginative reinterpretations of classic Cajun and Creole cuisine.\u00a0In November 2014 Folse and Tramonto opened their second joint venture, Seafood R\u2019evolution, in Ridgeland, MS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-uvafbwy elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"uvafbwy\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-xupgevx\" data-id=\"xupgevx\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-goapzvi elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"goapzvi\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-gnjhqgp\" data-id=\"gnjhqgp\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6rbl140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6rbl140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">AWARDS AND ACCOLADES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd6610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccd6610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Chef John Folse<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uieguyw elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uieguyw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Louisiana Restaurant Association, \u201cLouisiana Restaurateur of the Year,\u201d 1987<\/li><li>American Culinary Federation (ACF), \u201cNational Chef of the Year,\u201d1990<\/li><li>Johnson &amp; Wales University, Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts, 1992<\/li><li>American Culinary Federation, National President, 1994<\/li><li>Baltimore International Culinary College, Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts, 1995<\/li><li>Nation\u2019s Restaurant News, \u201cProfiles of Power,\u201d 1995<\/li><li>Food Arts magazine, \u201cSilver Spoon Award,\u201d 1998<\/li><li>American Culinary Federation (ACF), Louisiana Chef\u2019s Hall of Fame, 1999<\/li><li>Antonin Car\u00eame Medal, 2000<\/li><li>DiR\u014dNA, Chairman, 2000 \u2013 2001<\/li><li>RCA, Board of Directors, 2001<\/li><li>National Dairy Council, Chef\u2019s Advisory Panel, 2004<\/li><li>RCA, President, 2005\u20102007<\/li><li>National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, College of Diplomates, 2006<\/li><li>Bocuse d\u2019Or World Cuisine Contest, American Judge, 2007<\/li><li>Louisiana Governor\u2019s Cultural Economic Development Arts Award, 2008<\/li><li>Southern Foodways Alliance, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008<\/li><li>Baton Rouge Epicurean Society, Grace \u201cMama\u201d Marino Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011<\/li><li>ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Honorary Doctorate of Commerce, 2011<\/li><li>BP\u2019s Spirit of the Gulf Campaign Leader, London Olympics, August 2012<\/li><li>Louisiana Seafood Promotion &amp; Marketing Board, Marketing Specialist 2008, Chairman 2013<\/li><li>Research Chefs Association, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013<\/li><li>St. Joseph\u2019s Cathedral Community Award, March 2014<\/li><li>Sister Dulce Foundation Board, current<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-zfwdkox elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"zfwdkox\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-unspgya\" data-id=\"unspgya\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xfgbvdt elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"xfgbvdt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Chef John Folse &amp; Company<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-rtmzqzx elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"rtmzqzx\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-phvpziy\" data-id=\"phvpziy\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958ac85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"958ac85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>TGI Friday\u2019s, Procurement Product Development Award, 1998<\/li><li>Research Chefs Association, \u201cPioneers in Culinology,\u201d 1999<\/li><li>TGI Friday\u2019s, \u201cFood Vendor of the Year,\u201d 2011<\/li><li>TGI Friday\u2019s, \u201cPurposeful Innovation Award,\u201d 2012<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klwaodp elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"klwaodp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Lafitte\u2019s Landing<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hezgvox elementor-widget 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