Meet The Chefs
Executive Chef Lee Richardson
“What would you like me to prepare for your birthday dinner?” “Where would you like to go to dinner for your
birthday?” Fairly typical questions for anyone born and raised in New Orleans, those two innocent but contrasting questions from his grandmothers indelibly framed Chef Lee Richardson’s perspective on food. After taking the conventional path of attaining a [read more...]
Pastry Chef Tandra Watkins
Raised in a military family, Tandra moved to Arkansas at an early age. She acquired her love for cooking and using fresh seasonal produce from her father. As the son of farmers, he shared his knowledge of growing and preparing food with Tandra as she grew up. With just these early cooking lessons she started her career as a prep cook in local restaurants, and then began catering for individuals and business events. In 1999 she moved to France and Portugal and [read more...]
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Just wanted you to know how much we enjoyed our meal last night. We were celebrating one of customers purchase of a new plane. Everything was excellent from the salads, entrees and desert to the service. Thank you Mr. Richardson and Ms. Watkins for your expertise. It made our celebration a memorable memory. Bob
My group enjoyed a wonderful and very memorable dinner on Saturday night. The food and service were impeccible.
What a pleasure to find such a gem in Little Rock.
Fellow New Orleanian,
Kim
Love your restaurant! When are you going to update your website to include David Thomas?
Thanks for asking! David Thomas has already proven a game changing addition to our team. We are thrilled to have him on board, and perhaps a little too focused on day to day. We should have him added to the site shortly.
We dined at Ashley’s on Monday and thoroughly enjoyed our meal (tasting menu with wine pairing). Each course was excellent and a couple courses were quite unique. We’ve eaten at some of the best restaurants all over the world and can confidently say our experience at Ashley’s was every bit as good as the other fine dining restaurants we’ve eaten at and we can only wish we lived closer to Little Rock. The evening was topped off by the kitchen and wine cellar tour by Chef Jeffrey and his staff. We will be back!