Jeanne Voltz (November 20, 1920 – January 15, 2002) was an American food journalist, editor, and cookbook author.

[2] She received an AB in political science and history from the University of Montevallo (the Alabama College for Women) in 1942, planning to become a foreign correspondent.

[3] Later, she attended the Academie Cordon Bleu (1960) and studied food, wine, and civilization at University of California, Los Angeles in 1970.

[1][4] She started her career as a correspondent at the Birmingham News from 1940 to 1942 and, after graduating from college, moved to the Mobile Press-Register, where from 1942 to 1945 she was a general assignment reporter.

[1][4][2] Like most female journalists of the time, she was limited to working in the women's pages, but was not interested in covering society, fashion or club news.

[4] According to food writer Jean Anderson, she "brought Woman's Day into the modern age" by introducing more sophisticated recipes.

[1][5] Voltz won three James Beard awards, considered the highest recognition in the US culinary world, for her books Barbecued Ribs and Other Great Feeds, Flavor of the South, and California Cookbook.