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Creole Calling
While working as a teenager at Jimmy John’s in Louisville, Lawrence Weeks had a life-changing conversation with his manager. Weeks, always fascinated with the idea of becoming a chef, expressed an interest in attending culinary school so he could start living out his dream. Weeks was encouraged to go for it, and he did just that, enrolling at Jefferson Community and Technical College and beginning an impressive and steady rise through the cooking world.
“Instead of most people who would have discouraged me, he told me I should go do it,” Weeks says. “Ever since then, that’s what I’ve been doing.”
Weeks grew up in the Middletown area and is a graduate of Trinity High School. As a young child, Weeks watched his mother and grandmother prepare food for family and other guests and saw the happiness their meals brought so many. Weeks began to absorb their teachings while becoming a fan of the PBS show “Great Chefs – Great Cities,” which highlighted regional cuisine from across the country.
“My mother was always a great host, and we always had a lot of people over,” Weeks says. “She was the one who brought everyone together with a great meal and decorated tables. My grandmother would spend a lot of time with us throughout the year, and she would cook all day long. I would be under her watching what she was doing. She taught me so many things. As a kid, I was watching cooking shows instead of cartoons. I absorbed a bunch of knowledge and didn’t even know it from a young age.”…