Helen Corbitt

Chef

Birthday January 25, 1906

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Jan 17, 1978 (71)

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About

Chef, cookbook author, and healthy cuisine advocate who served as Director of Food Services at Neiman-Marcus.

Before Fame

She attended Skidmore College and later worked as a dietitian at New York's Cornell Medical Center.

Trivia

She was the first female chef to receive the prestigious Golden Plate Award.

Family Life

She was born in Benson, New York, and eventually moved to Texas. She died in Dallas at age seventy-one.

Associated With

In a Los Angeles Times article, she was compared to famous chef Julia Child.