A Culinary Giant , French Master Chef Jean Edmond LaFont

By J.B.Blocker

  One of the great imports from France and one of the greatest chefs America will ever know will be memorialized at the St. Monica Catholic Church at 9913 Midway Rd. in Dallas on Tuesday January 31^st at 10 AM. A reception will follow at the Prestonwood Country Club. He is survived by seven children and four grandchildren.

   The renowned French Chef Jean LaFont is recognized as the Diamond of Dallas fine dining. Many of America’s great chefs have learned their craft from ‘le Maestro’ who has produced several Michelin and 5 Star rated restaurants under his resume.

   The Savoy of London was a hot bed of haute cuisine in the '60s when J.D. Rockefeller coaxed the young Chef Jean LaFont to New York for the opening of the now landmark Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in New York.