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Andrea Jourdan

Canadian chef, ghost writer, and culinary author From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andrea Jourdan
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Andrea Jourdan (born 1956) is a Canadian chef, ghost writer and a culinary author with over 100 published cookbooks.

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Early life

Andrea Jourdan was born in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada.[1] She studied political science and French literature.[2]

Career

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After several years in France during which she encountered chefs Joël Robuchon and Bernard Loiseau,[1] Andrea and her husband, American film director Philip Jourdan, opened their first restaurant Chez toi chez moi in Los Angeles.[2][3] A second restaurant was opened in Montreal.[1] Her love for European cuisine sees her return to Europe, more specifically in Italy, where she hosted the TV series Mangia! Mangia! created for the American market [1] and which aired from 1996 to 1998.[1][2] She then wrote and self-published her first cookbook in English, The Extra Virgin Olive Oil of Lucca[1] which provides several recipes with the product and details numerous olive oil producers of Lucca in Tuscany.

In 2001, Andrea Jourdan opened a gourmet grocery store in Montreal called Les Petits Plaisirs d'Andrea[3] and closed it due to unfortunate circumstances.[4] Along with TV host and actress Francine Ruel, she participated for 2 seasons (2002-2004) on the summer TV series "L'été c'est péché" (summer is a sin), where several local celebrities collaborated daily discussing aspects of each deadly sin. For author Chrystine Brouillet, chef Ian Perreault and Andrea Jourdan, the theme was gluttony [citation needed].

In 2011, Andrea Jourdan published her first cookbook in French, Spoom, Desserts envoûtants[5] which won in 2012 the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for Best Photography of cookbooks published in French Canada.[6] Followed two best-selling titles on tartares, carpaccios and pies: Tartares et Carpaccios[7] and Tartes en folie.

Since 2013, her Complètement cookbook series has been published by Éditions de l'Homme[8] and titles are e-published in English under the name Absolutely [citation needed]. The concept of each title is to propose 30 original recipes around a single subject.[9] Two of her cookbooks have won the coveted Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2015: Recevoir toute l'année avec Andrea (Best Entertaining cookbook - French Canada) and Le garde-manger d'Andrea (Best Easy Recipes cookbook - French Canada).[10] Andrea Jourdan is also a weekly columnist to the "Food" section (Saveurs) in the newspaper Journal de Montréal[11][4] After closing the first gourmet shop Les Petits Plaisirs d'Andrea on Laurier Street,[4] Andrea opened on March 9, 2016, a new gourmet location, Andrea Jourdan La Boutique in Jean-Talon Market, where she shares a variety of original food products imported from all over the world as well as her own unique culinary creations, amongst which her infamous FBV (fraise-basilic-vodka or strawberry basil vodka jam).[12]

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Publications

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As of 2018, Jourdan has written over 100 cookbooks.[4] She has ghostwritten many cookbooks for several Canadian chefs[citation needed]. See list of publications below.

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