Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Culinary Institute of AmericaLocation:New Orleans, LouisianaExpertise:Caribbean cuisine, gnocchi and pasta, French cuisineNina Compton is the chef-owner of Compère Lapin, BABs and Nina’s Creole Cottage, three beloved New Orleans eateries. Originally from St. Lucia, she began her journey as a chef with an internship at a hotel in Jamaica, where she fell in love with working in a kitchen. Nina has worked at a number of restaurants in New York City and Miami, including Daniel Boulud’s Daniel and Scott Conant’s Scarpetta. As a contestant onTop Chef: New Orleans,Nina fell in love with the city and decided to open her first restaurant, Compère Lapin, in New Orleans’s Warehouse District. Compère Lapin has been named one of Eater’s “Best Restaurants in America,” one of Food & Wine’s “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years” and one of Esquire’s “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Decade.”EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.
Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Culinary Institute of AmericaLocation:New Orleans, LouisianaExpertise:Caribbean cuisine, gnocchi and pasta, French cuisine
Title:Contributing Writer
Education:Culinary Institute of America
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana
Expertise:Caribbean cuisine, gnocchi and pasta, French cuisine
Nina Compton is the chef-owner of Compère Lapin, BABs and Nina’s Creole Cottage, three beloved New Orleans eateries. Originally from St. Lucia, she began her journey as a chef with an internship at a hotel in Jamaica, where she fell in love with working in a kitchen. Nina has worked at a number of restaurants in New York City and Miami, including Daniel Boulud’s Daniel and Scott Conant’s Scarpetta. As a contestant onTop Chef: New Orleans,Nina fell in love with the city and decided to open her first restaurant, Compère Lapin, in New Orleans’s Warehouse District. Compère Lapin has been named one of Eater’s “Best Restaurants in America,” one of Food & Wine’s “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years” and one of Esquire’s “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Decade.”
EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.
