About Kelly Fields
Born 1978. Kelly Fields is a pastry chef, writer and pastry maker.
Kelly Fields is an American chef based in New Orleans.
Career She is the owner of a bakery/restaurant named after her grandmother, Willa Jean, which is located in New Orleans. Before Fields opened up her restaurant, Willa Jean, she worked for celebrity chef, John Besh. Kelly fields told The Tennessean in an interview that one of her goals in opening Willa Jean was to create a safe and welcoming workplace environment, something she states she did not get in her earlier years. In her restaurant now, there is a ratio of 9:1 female/male staff.
Recognition Fields was named "Chef of the Year" by Eater New Orleans. She received the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2019.
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American chef
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Kelly Fields was born in 1978 in Ohio.
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Kelly Fields is a pastry chef, writer and pastry maker.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Kelly Fields. https://biography.guide/kelly-fields/
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