Marie LeNôtre

{{Short description|French education administrator and philanthropist}}

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| known_for = Co-founder of the Culinary Institute Lenotre

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Marie Lenotre (born 1945) is a French-American higher education administrator and the co-founder and director of the Culinary Institute Lenotre.{{Cite news|url=https://frenchdistrict.com/texas/articles/alain-marie-lenotre-institut-culinaire-francais-houston/|title=Alain et Marie LeNôtre, Institut Culinaire LeNôtre à Houston, Texas|date=2013-10-29|work=Texas|access-date=2018-02-02|language=fr}}

Lenotre is married to Alain Lenotre. The couple co-founded the Culinary Institute Lenotre in 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://france-amerique.com/alain-lenotre-lambassadeur-du-gout-francais-au-texas/|title=Alain Lenôtre, l'ambassadeur du goût français au Texas|last=France-Amérique|date=2010-03-09|work=France-Amérique|access-date=2018-01-05}}

Lenotre is the author of Appetites, a Memoir.{{Cite news|url=https://news.uhd.edu/2016/11/14/businesswoman-and-author-marie-lenotre-to-speak-at-uhd/|title=Businesswoman and Author Marie LeNotre to Speak at UHD|date=2016-11-14|work=UHD News|access-date=2018-02-02}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/appetites-a-memoir-and-the-state-of-french-cuisine-6401209|title=Appetites: A Memoir and the State of French Cuisine|last=Cook|first=Phaedra|date=2015-03-24|work=Houston Press|access-date=2018-01-05}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aekNogEACAAJ|title=Appetites: A Memoir|last=LeNotre|first=Marie|date=2015-02-15|publisher=Bright Sky Press|isbn=9781939055903}}{{Cite news|url=https://thebuzzmagazines.com/articles/2015/05/fabulous-france|title=Fabulous France|date=2015-05-01|work=The Buzz Magazines|access-date=2018-02-02}} In her book, she writes about her life with Alain Lenotre, their business history and their journey to the United States.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/life/article/Love-story-Marie-and-Alain-LeNotre-met-and-fell-2250807.php#photo-1724590|title=Love story: Marie and Alain LeNôtre met and fell in love in Paris|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-01-05}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/literature/2015/04/29/212041/memoir-tells-the-story-of-a-houston-culinary-family/|title=Memoir Tells the Story of a Houston Culinary Family {{!}} Houston Public Media|last=Hagerty|first=Michael|date=2015-04-29|work=Houston Public Media|access-date=2018-02-02}}

Education

Marie Lenotre has a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Athens in Greece, a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in English and creative writing both from the University of Houston,{{Cite web|url=http://galvestonbookshop.com/?p=2126|title=The Culinary Institute LeNôtre {{!}} Galveston Bookshop|website=galvestonbookshop.com|access-date=2018-02-02}} and a master's in public health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aekNogEACAAJ|title=Appetites: A Memoir|last=LeNotre|first=Marie|date=2015-02-15|publisher=Bright Sky Press|isbn=9781939055903|page=155}}

Philanthropy

Lenotre is the founder and president of the Gaston Lenotre Scholarship, a nonprofit that raises scholarship funds for underprivileged students who wish to aspire to a culinary career.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/life/society/article/Philanthropists-and-foodies-celebrate-Valentine-s-10935370.php#item-85307-tbla-20|title=Philanthropists and foodies celebrate Valentine's Day with champagne and chocolate in River Oaks|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-01-09}}

She is the previous president of the Houston chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/life/article/Houston-Children-s-Charity-gala-nets-2-2-million-1859802.php|title=Houston Children's Charity gala nets $2.2 million|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-02-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ldeihouston.org/members|title=ldei-houston-chapter|website=ldei-houston-chapter|access-date=2018-01-05}}

Lenotre is a member of the board of trustees of the Moores School of Music.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/kgmca//music/moores-society/people/board-of-advisors-and-trustees/|title=Board of Advisors & Trustees|website=www.uh.edu|access-date=2018-02-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/kgmca//music/moores-society/news-and-events/Archive1/spring-2014/|title=News & Events Archive - 2014|website=www.uh.edu|access-date=2018-02-02}}

Awards

In October 2011, LeNôtre was awarded by the Government of France with the Order of Merit at an event officiated by Daniel Boulud and in the presence of Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse.{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/culinary-school-matriarch-marie-lentre-awarded-chevalier-award-by-daniel-boulud-6405579|title=Culinary School Matriarch Marie Lenôtre Awarded Chevalier Award by Daniel Boulud|last=Pham|first=Mai|date=2012-10-02|work=Houston Press|access-date=2018-02-02}}{{Cite news|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/09-20-12-houston-food-guru-to-be-knighted-by-france-how-the-dinner-of-the-decade-just-got-better/|title=Houston food guru to be knighted by France: How the dinner of the decade just got better|work=CultureMap Houston|access-date=2018-02-02}}

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