Barbara Pool Fenzl is the owner of Les Gourmettes Cooking School in Phoenix, Arizona, and author of three cookbooks focused on the cuisine of the Southwest. She hosted a PBS television series, Savor the Southwest, which aired in over ninety cities, and appears regularly on local television in Phoenix. In addition to her classes in Phoenix, Barbara teaches at La Combe en Périgord in southern France, Rancho La Puerta in Mexico, and the Spa at Lake Austin in Texas. Barbara is a past president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, was a member of the James Beard Restaurant Awards Committee for ten years, and still serves as a Beard Awards judge from the Southwest.
