Loreal Gavin's background is unique and combined with a strong, quirky personality, she elevates eclectic recipes for a hardcore cooking crowd by embracing old school techniques but putting her personal spin on recipes to make them her own. Think Nascar meets gourmet. Loreal teaches readers the rules of cooking meats and sweets so they know how to break them. She highlights chef techniques with variations, corresponding to key moments in her career. Loreal provides the knowledge and science behind these recipes, as well as budget friendly tips, specific lessons that made her a better cook and ways to amp up recipes to take your cooking to the next level. From becoming trained in classical French cuisine, to working in a butcher shop, then attending culinary school for pastry, The Butcher Babe Cookbook is the story of Loreal's culinary journey behind her career so far. Learn recipes like her Beef Tongue Tacos, Corndog Casserole, Rootbeer Pig Belly Bites, Mini Turducken and Ambrosia Ice Cream Bars. This book will have 100 recipes and 60 photos.

Author Biography

Loreal Gavin is a motorcycle-riding, guitar-playing chick who loves vintage style and tattoos, and has been cooking for 11 years. She attended Sullivan University for culinary arts and is also trained in baking, butchery and pastry. Loreal was a contestant on Food Network Star season 10 and won Cutthroat Kitchen, and she is a culinary ambassador for Indianapolis 500 in support of REV, which supports statewide trauma programs at the IU Health Emergency Medical Center of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Loreal was raised by her grandmother, who taught her to cook from her soul. She lives in Indianapolis, IN.