Anne Kearney

Anne Kearney is an American chef and restaurateur. Chef Kearney describes her cooking with the motto "Food of Love". With a background at Bistro at the Maison de Ville and as line cook at Emeril Lagasse's Emeril's, Kearney was honored in 2002 with a James Beard Foundation award as "Southeast Regional Best Chef". Kearney's food is an American interpretation of Provençal bistro fare. Kearney earned her toque at the Greater Cincinnati Culinary Arts Academy. Exactly one Mardi Gras celebration later, she left her home state of Ohio for New Orleans. In New Orleans, she worked at a number of restaurants, then settled in at Bistro at the Maison de Ville hotel under John Neal; in 1991, she followed Neal to Peristyle. Kearney credits her stint as...