Susanne Duplantis

Louisiana native Susanne Duplantis is an award-winning chef, restaurant veteran, and creator of the food waste blog, Makeover My Leftover. A Certified Health Education Specialist, she has competed in national and international cooking competitions and was a successful competitor at the World Food Championships. Susanne works as a recipe developer for national brands, but her passion is eliminating food waste. She conducts food waste workshops and cooking demos across the state of Louisiana and...See more

Louisiana native Susanne Duplantis is an award-winning chef, restaurant veteran, and creator of the food waste blog, Makeover My Leftover. A Certified Health Education Specialist, she has competed in national and international cooking competitions and was a successful competitor at the World Food Championships. Susanne works as a recipe developer for national brands, but her passion is eliminating food waste. She conducts food waste workshops and cooking demos across the state of Louisiana and was featured in the Netflix series Best Leftovers Ever! She was a guest on Tamron Hall and hosted a monthly cooking segment on Baton Rouge's CBS affiliate, WAFB. She lives in Baton Rouge with her husband, Chris, and her donkey, Fred. Illustrator Tom Quaid, a retired cardiologist, has always had a passion for drawing cartoons and caricatures. Upon his retirement in 2009, he opened an art studio, Heart to Art, where he pursues portrait and landscape oil paintings. Tom and his wife, Susie, live in Baton Rouge, where life is good with six grandchildren. See less