Raven Allen

Chef Raven Allen is the owner and executive chef of the award-winning catering service and food truck, Liz & Nomie’s Gourmet Eats. Chef Raven was born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Gulfport; however, she spent many summers during her early years in the Delta of Mississippi with her grandmothers Elizabeth Elder and Nomie Allen. It was in these kitchens that Chef Allen developed a love for cooking. As a Chef Raven grew older, she spent much time visiting New Orleans and fell in love with creole and Cajun cuisine. Combining the two cuisine is how she cultivated her menu for Liz & Nomie’s Gourmet Eats. Chef Raven also has a cake line called Nothing Bundt Love, where she features eighteen different Bundt cake flavors. She also has developed her own line baking extracts and baking paste. Liz & Nomie’s Gourmet Eats has been featured in South Mississippi Living Magazine, Gulf coast Woman Magazine, and on WLOX’s, In the Kitchen segment. Liz & Nomie’s has also won an award at the Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce’s, Taste, Rattle, & Roll.