Lucas, Dione, 1909-1971

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Restaurateur, author, and teacher, Dione (Wilson) Lucas was born in London and studied at L'Ecole du Cordon Bleu before serving as a chef's apprentice at the Restaurant Drouant in Paris. In the early 1930s she opened Le Petit Cordon Bleu Restaurant and Cooking School in London with Rosemary Hume. She married Colin Lucas, an architect; they had two sons. The marriage later ended in divorce. Moving to the United States in 1940, she opened her first Cordon Bleu restaurant and school in New York City in 1942, and in the mid-1940s launched a television cooking show. She traveled widely, demonstrating and teaching cooking, and published many cookbooks including Cordon Bleu Cook Book (1947) and The Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook (1964, with Darlene Geis). In 1956 she opened the Egg Basket Restaurant in New York followed by the Ginger Man Restaurant in Lincoln Center, the Brasserie Restaurant in Bennington, Vt., the Dione Lucas Gourmet Center in New York, and the Heritage Village Restaurant in Southbury, Conn. Lucas died of pneumonia in London in December 1971.

From the description of Papers, 1941-1993 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122522037

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referencedIn Sibley, Emily, 1888-1979. Papers, 1904-1950 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn North Bennet Street Industrial School (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1880-1973 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1904-1950 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Records, 1880- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Jefferys, Allan. [Culinary ephemera : companies and corporations]. Box 446. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Papers of Julia Child, 1925-1993 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Nicholas Roosevelt Papers, 1846-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Lucas, Dione, 1909-1971. Papers, 1941-1993 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, ca.1935-1988 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Chamberlain, Narcisse. Papers, ca.1935-1988 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Gorman, Marion. person
associatedWith Narcisse Chamberlain person
associatedWith North Bennet Street Industrial School, 1879- corporateBody
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associatedWith Sibley, Emily, 1888-1979. person
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Cooking
Cooking, American
Cooking, French
Cooking schools
Restaurateurs
Television programs
Women cooks
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Death 1971

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