Leyah Chase was an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana. An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, advocating both African-American art and Creole co
Leah Chase in April 2008
Dooky Chase's Restaurant with flood lines still visible, May 2006.
Chase with George W. Bush, 2008
The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Inspired in part by the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, the st
Leah Chase
…of Dooky Chase's Restaurant, which was integrated. Leah Chase was also the inspiration for the main character Tiana in the 2009 Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog. In a 2017 episode of the Travel Channel's Man v. Food, host Casey Webb visited Dooky Chase to try their famed Creole gumbo. Miss Leah made a cameo…
Theatrical release poster
Anika Noni Rose voices Tiana.
Tiana's Palace restaurant at Disneyland in the park's New Orleans Square area.
Tiana's Bayou Adventure as it appears at Disneyland.