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ABOUT TOYA BOUDY
My culinary career started when a little girl would sit on the countertop and watch her mother cook dinner. I started cooking earlier than most and at a young age I was making breakfast and branched out to more complicated meals as time went along. It wasn’t until later on in life that I realized cooking is not just about the flavors, the ingredients, or even the food. For me, it’s about the love that I put inside my dishes for my family and friends.
Live Food Demos
Live food demostraions teaching you the history behind each recipe while you sample the delicious dishes.
Public Speaking
Charismatic and engaging speaker who’s passionate about teaching, encouraging, and mentoring.
Recipe Development
Provide all aspects of recipe development which includes researching dishes and techniques.
About The Book
With over 240 pages and 100 full color food photography and recipes, Cooking For The Culture is an intimate celebration of New Orleans food and its Black culture from a born-and-raised local chef.
- Over 100 full color food photography and recipes
- In-depth tips and techniques on classic Southern dishes
- A variety of breakfast, entree, dessert, and drink options
- Extravagant dishes that will highlight any meal or event
Combined with the recipes are interwoven stories of Toya’s New Orleans upbringing. A deep look into black culture, hard work ethic, and a love for family. This book is an award winning body of work that blends Toya’s personal upbringing in New Orleans through her culinary journey.
- A look into Toya’s personal and culinary journey growing up
- The work ethic instilled to her by her parents
- Viewing her growing confidence in the kitchen
- The start to her rise to the national stage
More than just your average cookbook, readers will come to understand the heart and soul of a city and a culture through her life’s work. The result is a deeply personal and unique cookbook that gives readers an understanding of New Orleans culinary scene.
- Proud Black traditions that shaped New Orleans
- An understanding of how food can shape family dynamics
- Peek inside of the heart of Cajun & Creole cuisine
- Classic New Orleans stories that build upon culture
Read My Blog
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Cooking & More On Great Day Louisiana
Toya Boudy shares how she explores the New Orleans experience through her food, her cookbook, and more with Malik Mingo.
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Easy Salmon With Bok Choy & Red Cabbage
Because we continue to learn how a well-balanced diet can help with fatigue in menopause, bloating, combating menopause weight gain, and even reducing symptoms like hot flashes (thank you, omega-3s!), we introduced The Kitcheness, a series that explores smart recipes that not only taste good, but are good for you—especially in this phase of life This month we have the privilege to […]
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Authentic Conversations: Rudy “DaFoodie” Rayfield Jr x Toya Boudy
Listen to this podcast episode of Flavor Down South, the podcast that champions the hospitality industry and culinary underdogs Down South. In this episode, I talked to Rudy “DaFoodie” Rayfield Jr. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authentic-conversation-with-toya-boudy-episode-4/id1677056667?i=1000614173214
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Toya on the Today Show
Toya teaches the Today Show hosts, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Craig Melvin how to make a chicken and sausage gumbo with praline candied bacon from her new cookbook, Cooking for the Culture.
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Food with Mark Bittman Mrs. Brightside: The Inspiring Toya Boudy
The shining star of New Orleans talks to Kate and Mark about struggle meals, tourist food in her hometown, Cajun vs. Creole, and the power of tough love. Listen to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mrs-brightside-the-inspiring-toya-boudy/id1567511802?i=1000601121292
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All on a Mardi Gras Day: Feelin’ Fine with Toya Boudy’s Crab Cakes
In her new cookbook, Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the Streets of New Orleans to the Table (Countryman Press), Toya Boudy traces the culinary history and traditions of the Black community in the Big Easy. Moving beyond beignets and Bourbon Street, hot sauce and Hurricanes, Boudy aims to show the distinctive style of home […]
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CBS The Dish
Toya Boudy is a New Orleans-based chef, cookbook author and cultural ambassador. And she’s known for putting a unique twist on classic New Orleans-style dishes – and taking the mystery and challenge out of preparing them. Michelle Miller reports.
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Toya Boudy on Storytelling Through Recipes
On the Everything Eats Podcast, Molly and Kate dive deep into the journey and person that is chef/writer/artist/activist/culinary ambassador (and more), Toya Boudy. She shares how her talents as an artist and wordsmith, along with the interwoven nature of life, resulted in her latest cookbook, “Cooking for the Culture”. She discusses her creation process, the […]
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People Magazine Highlights Cooking For The Culture As Top Celebrity Cookbook Being Released in 2023
Whether you’re looking to explore out-of-the-box recipes or dive into baking classics, let these upcoming celebrity cookbooks inspire your next project in the kitchen. Read full article at https://people.com/food/all-the-celebrity-cookbooks-being-released-in-2023/
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Southern Kitchen’s Todd Price Interviews Toya Boudy On Her New Orleanian Culinary Experience
Toya Boudy is a native New Orleans chef. Her new cookbook, “Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table,” has the recipes you would expect, like gumbo, jambalaya and barbecue shrimp. Boudy, however, is a Black New Orleanian. Her book is about Black home cooking in the city. The […]