Jehane Benoît OC (French pronunciation: [ʒan bənwa]; née Patenaude [pat(ə)nod]; March 21, 1904 – November 24, 1987) was a Canadian culinary author, speaker, commentator, journalist and broadcaster.
[1][2] Benoît was born into a wealthy family in Westmount, Quebec, with a father and grandfather who were food connoisseurs.
[3] After studying at the Sorbonne and Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, she started her own cooking school, Fumet de la Vieille France, in Montreal.
[4] Best known as "Madame Benoît," she wrote 30 books during her career, including the Encyclopedia of Canadian Cuisine (currently out of print).
In both French and charmingly accented English, she was on radio and television, trying to improve how Canadians ate and how they cooked.