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‘225’: Women find success in local culinary world

In Baton Rouge’s expanding food scene, women occupy a significant role as caterers, food truck owners and even the head chef at your favorite local restaurant. In the latest issue of 225, Maggie Heyn Richardson profiles seven women who are putting their mark on the Capital City’s culinary scene.

Among those profiled are Leslie Teel and Megan Nealy of French Market Bistro. Nealy is the chef de cuisine, and Teel is the head line chef. Together, they are creating daily specials and executing them in the kitchen. While food has been in Nealy’s background since she was a child, Teel is a former LSU art major who decided the culinary world was the right place to express her creative talents.

“I could never work in an office,” Teel says. “You have to love the pace and enjoy doing a million things at once.” Read the full story.