Jeanne Caròla Francesconi (Naples, July 12, 1903 – Naples 1995)[citation needed] was an Italian chef and cookbook author, considered "the dean of Neapolitan cuisine".

[1][4] She has been quoted in several English-language cookbooks, such as Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World by Dave DeWitt[5] and The Food Of Italy by Claudia Roden.

After completing her studies at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University Institute, Jeanne was a pupil of the major teachers of the time from Erminia Capocelli to Antonietta Pagliara and Cecilia Dentice.

During the First World War, the teenager dedicated herself to the activity of Red Cross nurse.

[7] Francesconi is remembered as the hostess of several legendary dinners for Naples's upper class.