Jeff Henderson Biography

Chef Jeff Henderson is a chef best selling author and television host. As a child growing up in rough inner city neighborhoods Chef Jeff Henderson never imagined he would one day become the inspirational success story he is today. Raised in a struggling single-parent household Henderson didn’t go to school to learn–he went for the free lunches which quelled his everyday hunger. At the age of 19 success came exclusively from his $35000 a week drug business. But when he turned 24 he was arrested and spent the next ten years of his life in prison.

Despite the closed society prison is where Chef Jeff grew up got educated and found his life’s calling. He discovered that by embracing the educational opportunities offered–reading and literacy vocational school job training–he could change for the better. As a dishwasher, Henderson discovered a passion for cooking and committed himself to become a chef. With no formal culinary education and a criminal background, it was a struggle for him to find work. But with persistence dedication and a can-do attitude, he eventually became the first African American executive chef at Caesar’s Palace and the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

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