Atlanta Chefs Honor Pioneering Black Chef Edna Lewis

The Edna Lewis Sunday Supper celebrates the life and legacy of the matriarch of Southern cooking.

Published on Feb. 26, 2026

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The Edna Lewis Sunday Supper, an annual event in Atlanta, honors the life and legacy of pioneering Black chef Edna Lewis, who lived in Decatur and worked with chef Scott Peacock to document her recipes. This year, chef Justin Dixon of Humble Mumble sandwich shop is contributing the main entree, an elevated take on Southern cuisine featuring Cheerwine-glazed duck breast with creamy Logan Turnpike grits, braised turnips, and pot likker.

Why it matters

Edna Lewis is considered a matriarch of not just Black food but Southern cooking more broadly. Events like the Edna Lewis Sunday Supper help keep her influential culinary legacy alive and inspire a new generation of chefs to celebrate and build upon her work.

The details

The Edna Lewis Sunday Supper is a multi-course dinner event that features dishes contributed by leading Atlanta chefs. This year, chef Justin Dixon of Humble Mumble sandwich shop is preparing the main entree, which he describes as an elevated take on Southern cuisine with Cheerwine-glazed duck breast, creamy Logan Turnpike grits, braised turnips, and pot likker.

  • The Edna Lewis Sunday Supper is an annual event.
  • This year's dinner is planned for Sunday, February 22, 2026.

The players

Edna Lewis

A pioneering Southern cook who lived in Decatur, Georgia and worked with chef Scott Peacock to document her recipes.

Scott Peacock

A chef who worked with Edna Lewis to document her recipes.

Justin Dixon

The chef and owner of Humble Mumble sandwich shop in Atlanta, who is contributing the main entree for this year's Edna Lewis Sunday Supper.

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What they’re saying

“I wanted my course to represent an elevated take on Southern cuisine, so I decided it would be Cheerwine-glazed duck breast with creamy Logan Turnpike grits, braised turnips and pot likker.”

— Justin Dixon, Chef and Owner, Humble Mumble (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The takeaway

Events like the Edna Lewis Sunday Supper help keep the influential culinary legacy of this pioneering Black chef alive, inspiring a new generation of chefs to celebrate and build upon her work in Southern cuisine.