Instructor for the sessions is master chef Daniel Bonnot. Chef Bonnot was born in France and worked under Parisian chefs for seven years. After several years cooking in London at the Savoy Hotel, he moved to Guadeloupe, where he learned to integrate Creole cooking with French cuisine, and was "chef saucier" at La Caravelle. In 1979 he moved to New Orleans where he was proprietor/chef at Chez Daniel and most recently, Bizou. He was the mentor for the famous New Orleans chef Susan Spicer; he was named Chef of the Year in New Orleans in 1980 and 1995, and Bizou was named one of the 10 New Best Restaurants in the Country by John Mariani in Esquire in November,1996. Chef Bonnot has been a frequent celebrity chef at the March Jazz Fest in Juan-les-Pins (on the French Riviera), on luxury liners and around the world. He is known as an outstanding teacher and a chef’s chef.