Martha Foose

Former Executive Chef of the Viking Cooking School & Author of "A Southerly Course"

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Holmes County, MS, USA
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Martha Foose Biography

Chef Foose is the former Executive Chef of the Viking Cooking School where she oversaw the development of recipes and menus taught to over 67,000 students who attend the school annually. Chef Foose is also owner of the Mockingbird Bakery in Greenwood, an artisan bakery specializing in unique breads, pastries and gourmet cuisine

Martha Hall Foose is the James Beard Award–winning author of the bestselling cookbooks Screen Doors & Sweet Tea and A Southerly Course. The former executive chef of the Viking Cooking School, Martha was a food stylist for the movie The Help, based on the bestselling novel of the same name.

Mississippi native Martha Hall Foose began her cooking career as a pastry chef at the renowned La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles. After studying at Ecole lNotre in Plaisir, France she returned to Mississippi and founded Bottletree Bakery in Oxford, Mississippi.

Marthas varied culinary career also includes a stint as a cookbook writer and editor for The Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis. After having cooked from Austin to Aspen and Burlington to Paris, Martha decided, theres no place like home and returned to the Mississippi Delta where she lives with her husband Donald and their baby Joe in Greenwood.

Martha has been on the opening team of The Alluvian hotel and Giardinas restaurant. She and her husband Donald own and operate The Mockingbird Bakery in downtown Greenwood. This artisan bakery specializes in unique breads, pastries and gourmet cuisine.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/22/2024.

Martha Foose Speaking Topics

  • Preparing the Perfect Picnic, Cooking Delicacies from the Delta, and What to Know About Southern BBQ

  • How to Make a Signature Southern Dessert

  • Bringing Homespun Flavor to Your Cookout

  • Quick, Simple Recipes for Southern Cuisine

  • How to be a Great Food Stylist

  • Telling Stories Around the Table

    Martha explores the long held tradition of Southern storytelling and the relation of food and fiction in the American South.

Martha Foose Videos

  • Greenwood | Palate to Palette
  • A Mississippi Palate-- St. John & Foose in the kitchen
    Martha Foose cooks blueberry cobbler and prepares a blueberry jelly roll for Robert St. John

Martha Foose Books

  • A Southerly Course: Recipes and Stories from Close to Home
    A Southerly Course: Recipes and Stories from Close to Home
  • Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook
    Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook

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Martha Foose is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Preparing the Perfect Picnic, Cooking Delicacies from the Delta, and What to Know About Southern BBQ, How to Make a Signature Southern Dessert, Bringing Homespun Flavor to Your Cookout, Quick, Simple Recipes for Southern Cuisine, How to be a Great Food Stylist and Telling Stories Around the Table. The estimated speaking fee range to book Martha Foose for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Martha Foose generally travels from Holmes County, MS, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alice Waters, Emeril Lagasse, Susan Spicer, Art Smith and Marcus Samuelsson. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Martha Foose for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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