A graduate of L’Academie de Cuisine and Ecole de Cuisine LaVarenne, French-trained Southern chef Virginia Willis is the author of the award-winning cookbooks, Bon Appétit, Y’all and Basic to Brilliant, Y’all. She is a nationally recognized authority on Southern cooking and has appeared on Food Network’s Chopped, Martha Stewart Living Television and as a judge on Throwdown with Bobby Flay.