Chef Edgar ‘Dook” Chase, IV  has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry.  Edgar is a clasically trained Chef credentialed from Le Condon Bleu Paris, France. In addition to his formal training, he spent many of his years learning the craft from his grandmother, while working in his family’s flagship restaurant, Dooky Chase’s in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Edgar serves as Executive Chef of his family’s restaurant Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans. His latest restaurant, Chapter IV, opened with his wife in January 2023, and named for his fourth generation of service, features modern takes on classic creole breakfast, brunch and lunch offerings, in Downtown New Orleans.   

Chef Dook is Owner/President of Chase Hospitality Group and Chase Concessions, LLC, a partner in Chase North, the premier food and beverage operator and management concessionaire at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, and the proprietor of two of their concepts, Leah’s Kitchen and Dook’s Burgers.  Chase has also recently expanded the business into programming at Tulane University, featuring a themed faculty lounge on the main campus, as well as two