Dom Deluise | Paul Prudhomme


Dom Deluise,
b. 1 August 1933, Brooklyn, NY; h. 5' 11½
Paul Prudhomme, b. 13 July 1940, Opelousas, LA; h. unknown

The comedian who likes to cook and the Cajun chef, who is sometimes cited for inventing turducken.

3 comments:

  1. Two overweight french cooks. Interesting. Maybe they're relatives somehow?

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  2. Reply to Two overweight french cooks. Interesting, Maybe they're relatives somehow?

    Dom DeLuise was an American- Italian Comedian/Actor (who happened to love cooking) and Paul Prudhomme is Cajun French. There is a big difference between the French and the Cajun French, believe me! But yes, Dom was overweight and so is Chef Paul.

    I just recently read an interview with Chef Paul, and he was asked "Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Dom DeLuise?"

    Chef Paul responded:

    "Yeah, I've heard that about the last 20 years of my life. Dom's been at the restaurant [K-Paul's] and he's also been out and acknowledged himself as Chef Paul and told people to come on back to K-Paul's for a free dinner. I was sitting in the restaurant one time and he came through the back with a knife and fork in his hand telling everyone that he was the real Chef Paul and I was a fake. It was funny." (Interview found in New Orleans CityBusiness, Craig Guillot)

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  3. How much did the chef's weigh? Did that contribute to their deaths?

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