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Chef Paul Prudhomme Unhurt By Bullet

Police Say They Have Little Chance Of Finding Shooter

POSTED: 3:53 pm PDT March 25, 2008
UPDATED: 4:05 pm PDT March 25, 2008

Chef Paul Prudhomme was shot Tuesday, but the bullet didn’t do any damage, according to Jefferson Parish deputies.

The chef was cooking at the TPC golf course in Avondale when, according to deputies, he felt something hit his arm. A .22 caliber bullet then fell from his sleeve. Prudhomme was attending The Zurich Classic, where he was cooking fish.

Deputies said the bullet did not penetrate.

According to police, a .22 caliber bullet can travel up to a mile and a half, meaning it could’ve come from a very wide geographic area. Police said there is little chance of figuring out who fired the bullet that struck him.

Police originally classified the incident as a shooting, but later reclassified it as a simple complaint.

Prudhomme is credited with popularizing blackened redfish as a famed staple of cajun cuisine. In 2007, he began hosting Chef Paul Prudhomme's Always Cooking!, and authored a cookbook by the same name.

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