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CHEF JEFF HENDERSON
AWARD-WINNING CHEF AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Jeff Henderson is an award-winning chef, bestselling author and popular public speaker—and an ex-convict, having served nearly a decade in prison for drug trafficking. Having run kitchens as Executive Chef at the renowned Bellagio Hotel and Casino and Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, he has become one of the most influential African-American chefs in the country.
In 2000, Henderson made history in Las Vegas, when he became the first African-American named Chef de Cuisine at Caesars Palace. Promotion to Executive Chef positions followed, and he’s held that position at several top restaurants, including taking the helm at the Café Bellagio in 2003.
Chef Jeff’s remarkable story of finding his passion for cooking while incarcerated and turning his life around was captured in his New York Times Bestseller COOKED (published by William Morrow, February 2007). His story is now being turned into a major motion picture by the team that made “The Pursuit of Happyness” a huge hit: Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists and Columbia Pictures.
As an incredibly compelling personality, Chef Jeff has received widespread national attention on countless TV and radio programs and print publications, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Good Morning America,” “The Montel Williams Show,” “CNBC,” NPR’s “All Things Considered,” People and USA Today. As a passionate and powerful speaker, Chef Jeff’s talks and workshops are in high demand across the country through his company Urban Educational Consulting. (www.urbanedconsulting.com)
Next up for Chef Jeff is his own reality show on The Food Network, which will begin shooting this fall of 2007…Jeff Henderson lives in Las Vegas with his wife and three children.
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CHEF JEFF’S CATEGORIES
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