Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson (24 April 1914- 5 September 2001) was a Southern American chef and humorist known for his brand of Cajun cuisine-inspired cooking and humor. He was a self-styled "raconteur extraordinaire and goodwill ambassador of the Louisiana Cajun."

Wilson, born in Roseland, Louisiana, began his career as a safety engineer while traveling Louisiana’s Acadiana . It was his safety lectures that he made to refinery workers that got him started on the road to becoming a Cajun storyteller. Justin remembered it this way on the back cover of The Justin Wilson Cook Book:

"Way back when I first started as a safety engineer, I took myself pretty seriously, and I found I was putting my audiences to sleep.

"So having lived all my life among the Cajuns of Louisiana, and having a good memory for the patois and the type of humor Cajuns go for, I started interspersing my talks on safety with Cajun humor."

Wilson later recorded several humor albums, beginning with "The Humorous World of Justin Wilson." He later appeared as a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show.

He later became the author of seven Cajun cookbooks and two books of Cajun stories. He hosted a cooking show on American public television that combined Cajun cooking and humor. He was known for the catchphrase, "I gar-ron-tee!".

Books

      The Justin Wilson Cook Book (1965)

• Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor (1974)
• Justin Wilson's Cajun Fables (1982)
• More Cajun Humor (1984).
• The Justin Wilson #2 Cookbook: Cookin' Cajun (1979)
• The Justin Wilson Gourmet and Gourmand Cookbook (1984)
• Justin Wilson's Outdoor Cooking with Inside Help (1986)
• Justin Wilson Looking Back: A Cajun Cookbook (1997)

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