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Jennifer
When asked why she got into the food business, Jennifer Chandler always quickly responds "because I love to eat!"
Jennifer's love of good food has led her down an interesting …and tasty…road the past 15 years.
In 1993, Jennifer surprised everyone when she told them that she was giving up a career in International Finance to move to Paris to learn to cook. Jennifer enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, took a crash course in French and, a year later, graduated at the top of her class with Le Grand Diplome and a Mention Tres Bien in Pastry.
After a life changing year in Paris, she cut her teeth in the food biz with a stint at a Washington, D.C. restaurant group as well as working in the pastry shop at one of the East Coast's top caterers.
After moving back home to Memphis, Tennessee, Jennifer briefly considered getting a 9 to 5 career but soon found herself dreaming of the kitchen.
For several years, Jennifer owned a prepared foods market and bakery market in Memphis called Cheffie's Market and More. Voted best new restaurant in Memphis, Cheffie's received much acclaim and many awards.
With the birth of her second child though, she decided to turn her food career into a more family-friendly one and…because she couldn't leave the biz altogether… started food writing.
A contributing writer to several magazines such as MidSouth Magazine, Nashville Home & Garden, Memphis Magazine, Edible Memphis, Real Food, Pilates Style and Delta Magazine, Jennifer has also been a contributing food columnist for The Commercial Appeal (Memphis’ newspaper). In addition, Jennifer has been featured on the Food Network in two episodes of Dinner Impossible as well as on Martha Stewart’s Every Day Food XM/Sirius Radio Program.
Her cookbooks, Simply Salads and Simply Suppers are available wherever fine books are sold or on 
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