Meg Bickford

Chef Megan “Meg” Bickford has called the Commander’s Palace kitchen
her culinary home since June 2008 and took on the role of Executive Chef
at the New Orleanians’ destination for leading edge Haute Creole cuisine
in October 2020. With over 12 years of experience with the Commander’s
Family of Restaurants, Chef Meg previously served as the Executive Chef
of Cafe Adelaide, the Commander’s family’s playful, modern Creole
restaurant. In her time at the helm of Café Adelaide, Meg was chosen as
one of FSR Magazine’s “Rising Stars” and one of Louisiana Cookin’s “Chefs
to Watch.” Chef Meg takes over the kitchen after Chef Tory McPhail, who
served as Executive Chef for 18 years.
Chef Meg comes from a family with a father from New Orleans and a
mother from “down the Bayou” in Larose, so both Cajun and Creole
infuences run in her blood. As Commander’s Palace is the kitchen
where Cajun and Creole crashed for the frst time in the 1970’s with Paul
Prudhomme and Ella Brennan, Chef Meg and her Creole and Cajun infuences are in the perfect position at the helm of the
kitchen. Meg knows the favors of New Orleans and Louisiana as well as she knows the favors of Commander’s Palace
after years of working her way up the ranks. After she graduated from the John Folse Culinary Institute, Commander’s
Palace hired young Meg, hopeful that the skills she learned in school would translate to the fast-paced kitchen. Meg
quickly proved to be a budding talent and worked her way up the hot line and management positions.