Laura Frankel: Difference between revisions

| name = Laura Frankel

| birth_name = Laura Charlene Johnson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|01|03}}

| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[US]]

| occupation = Chef, author<ref>{{cite web |title=Agate Publishing |url=https://www.agatepublishing.com/search?q=laura%20frankel&f_collectionId=557706e9e4b03e5c6e331aa8 |website=Agate Publishing}}</ref>

| parents = Gunnard and Charlene Johnson

'''Laura Frankel''' (born '''Laura Charlene Johnson''' on January 3, 1961) is an American chef, author, and [[restaurateur]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=William Rice |title=Shallots - Chicago and New York |url=httphttps://articleswww.chicagotribune.com/2000-/06-11/features11/0006110372_1_laura-frankelthats-kosher-meatshallots-kosherfollows-productsthe-laws-of-healthful-dining/ |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=June 11, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WGN TV - Lunch Break |url=https://wgntv.com/2015/09/10/lunchbreak-laura-frankel-makes-slow-cooker-lamb-tagine/ |website=WGN9 Chicago|date=10 September 2015 }}</ref> Frankel specializes in [[Jews|Jewish]] cuisine.

Frankel is the author of ''Jewish Cooking for All Seasons'' (Agate)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frankel |first1=Laura |title=Jewish Cooking for All Seasons |publisher=Agate |ref=https://www.agatepublishing.com/titles/jewish-cooking-for-all-seasons?rq=laura%20frankel}}</ref> and ''Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes'' (Agate).<ref>{{cite news |title=Laura Frankel's Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes aren't just for Shabbat |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2015/11/13/laura-frankels-jewish-slow-cooker-recipes-arent-just-for-shabbat |publisher=Chicago Reader |date=November 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Frankel |first1=Laura |title=Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes |publisher=Agate |url=https://www.agatepublishing.com/titles/jewish-slow-cooker-recipes?rq=laura%20frankel}}</ref>

Frankel is the former head chef and founder of the Shallots restaurants.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shallots Keeps It Kosher in Skokie |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/transformations/Content?oid=916569 |publisher=Chicago Reader |date=September 2, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New eatery continues age-old tradition |url=https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/new-eatery-continues-age-old-tradition/article_0218b654-6522-516d-81d5-f05a385dead1.html |date=November 5, 1999}}</ref> She opened her first restaurant in 1999, offering kosher fine dining with a produce-driven menu. Frankel opened Shallots NY in 2000 in [[midtown Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Haute Kosher Cuisine at Shallots, New York It's Not Chopped Liver |url=http://www.travel-watch.com/shallots.htm |website=Travel Watch}}</ref> In 2004, she moved her Chicago restaurant to [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]] (a suburb with a large Jewish population outside of Chicago) and created ''Shallots Bistro''.

In 2007 Frankel was appointed executive chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-30|title=Circle of Life Catering {{!}} North Suburban Synagogue Beth El|url=https://www.nssbethel.org/lifecycle/circle-of-life-catering/|access-date=2021-10-23|language=en}}</ref> working alongside [[Wolfgang Puck]] in the Hollywood and Highland Kosher Kitchen in LA and as the executive chef at the Spertus Institute for Jewish studies in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolfgang Puck and Laura Frankel |url=http://kosherlikeme.com/sidedishes/chef-laura-frankel-launches-series/}}</ref> In 2013, Frankel was honored as an innovator in Modern Kosher Cuisine at Kosherfeast during the 25th-anniversary celebration of Kosherfest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frankel |first1=Laura |title=Eight Kosher Industry Pioneers Honored at Kosherfest|url=https://www.koshertoday.com/eight-kosher-industry-pioneers-honored-at-kosherfeast/ |publisher=Kosher Today |date=November 4, 2013}}</ref>

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