Awards & Winners

Ella Brennan

Date of Birth 27-November-1925
Place of Birth New Orleans
(Louisiana, United States of America, Area code 504)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Restaurateur
Ella Brennan is a restaurateur and part of a family of restaurateur's specializing in haute Louisiana Creole cuisine in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2002 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance. Brennan was born in New Orleans on November 27, 1925. She worked for her brother Owen at a restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans and studied restaurant service in Europe and New York where she worked at the 21 Club. Specializing in French at Commander's Palace she worked with Paul Prudhomme beginning in 1975 and Emeril Lagasse from 1983.

Awards by Ella Brennan

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ella Brennan.

2009


James Beard Award for Lifetime Achievement
(Partner: Commander's Palace Family of Restaurants)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Lifetime Achievement

1996


James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant
Honored for : Commander's Palace

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Commander's Palace

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Commander's Palace

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Commander's Palace

1993


James Beard Award for Outstanding Service
Honored for : Commander's Palace

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Service Commander's Palace