Joe Randall, Chef Who Celebrated Black Cooking Traditions, Dies at 79

He helped bring the African American cooking of the Carolina Lowcountry to the world and became known as the “dean of Southern Cuisine.”Chef Joe Randall, executive chef and owner of his self-titled cooking school, in 2016. “He made it clear that Black foodways are foundational to American cuisine, not a footnote to it,” the chef Marcus Samuelsson said.