Table Talk: Meet food writer Jennifer Chandler
Food writer Jennifer Chandler officially joined The Daily Memphian June 10. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Jennifer Chandler
A cookbook author and former restaurateur, Jennifer Chandler has been writing about food and dining for more than 25 years. In her role as the food and restaurant writer for The Daily Memphian, she covers food news, provides readers an inside look into their favorite restaurants and offers suggestions for what to order at eateries across the Memphis area.
Chandler’s stories and recipes have been featured in national publications such as Real Simple, HGTV Magazine and Woman’s World. She’s also appeared on a number of national broadcast cooking segments including Food Network’s “Dinner: Impossible” and Ducks Unlimited TV. She also hosts a radio show “The Weekly Dish” on Memphis’s NPR station WKNO-FM.
She is the author of four cookbooks: “The Southern Pantry Cookbook,” “Simply Salads,” “Simply Suppers,” and “Simply Grilling.” While she boasts a degree from Le Cordon Bleu, this Memphis native is about making real food accessible for real families.
Welcome back to Table Talk, where The Daily Memphian writers and editors send the latest food news — along with a dash of this and that — directly to your inbox every Wednesday.
I love to eat.
This love of good food and memorable meals is how I got into the food and restaurant business. And boy, am I glad I followed my passion! I get to do what I love every day.
My unconventional career has followed a tasty road that has included culinary school, opening my own restaurant, writing four cookbooks, being a restaurant consultant, styling food for print and TV, developing recipes for corporations and writing about my hometown restaurant community.
I am beyond excited about the new chapter that officially started this week.
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