OU MANJE DEJA?

Chef Alain Lemaire is an Award Winning chef, the Co-owner and Executive Chef of Sensory Delights, and the owner of the brand "Ou Manje Deja?". Thanks to his Haitian heritage and having spent most of his career in South Florida, Caribbean and Latin flavors play a major role in Chef Lemaire's style of cooking: "fresh, bold and in your face!" as he would say it.

Chef Lemaire has participated in and featured as a guest chef in numerous food events and festivals throughout the United States and overseas. Most recent events include Charleston Wine & Food Festival, New York African Restaurant Week, Grace Jamaican Jerk Fest, South Beach Wine & Food Festival,  and much more. He has also participated as a panel speaker for Munaluchi's Coterie Retreat, New York African Restaurant Week, A Week on Haiti, and more.

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Chef Lemaire was named 2022 Food Entrepreneur of the year, and Haitian Event Professional of the Year. He was the winner of the 2017 Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival Celebrity Chef Throwdown. In 2017 he was named Top 20 Under 40 by the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, Top 40 under 40 Black Professional of the year by Legacy Miami.

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Chef Lemaire is also a huge supporter of education, giving back to the community and the less fortunate. He has partnered with Haiti Chefs for Education, World Central Kitchen, Easter Seals South Florida, and The Education Fund of South Florida.

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Highlights:

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* Host chef on Discovery+ "Luda Can't Cook" with Chris "Ludacris" Bridges 2022

* 2022 Food Entrepreneur of the Year

* 2022 Haitian Wedding Professional of the Year

* Competed on Food Network's Chopped. Meat Fight: Goat 2021

* Chef Lemaire along with seven other Haitian chefs in 2018 cooked the first ever all Haitian dinner at the James Beard Foundation House in New York

* Chef Lemaire is a contributor to Chefs Corner Magazine. An online magazine with the main focus on Caribbean chefs, culture and cuisine.

* 2017 Young Professional Top 20 Under 40 by Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.

* 2017 Legacy MIA Top 40 Under 40 black professionals in South Florida

* 2016 Silver Spoon Award for "Best Taste" by Horseshoe Bay Resort's Wine and Dine Experience, Austin, TX.

* 2016 "Best Signature Dish" at the 2016 Horseshoe Bay Resort's Wine and Dine Experience, Austin, TX.

* Competed on Food Network's Cutthroat Kitchen. Mo Molasses, Mo Problems 2015

* Chef Lemaire represented Haiti at the 1st Global Traditional Cuisine Gathering in          Mexico City, Mexico. Over 30 countries and all the major cities in Mexico had                representatives in a three-day celebration of traditional cuisine.

* Chef Lemaire was featured among South Florida's best chefs at the "Chefs for

   Obama" back in September 2012. The event was a fundraiser campaign in Miami

   for President Barack Obama's re-election campain led by Congresswoman

   Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

* Chef Lemaire is also a co-producer of Le Chef, the first-ever televised

   culinary battle show in Haiti.

* 2013 "Best Chef" by Blackstreet Celebration Awards in New York.