Big Easy Kitchen News Today

Regina / 980 CJME Apr 30, 2021 8:11 AM Warren Montgomery, ran The Big Easy Kitchen in Regina. He died from COVID-19 on April 22, 2021. (The Big Easy Kitchen/Facebook) After days of fear and uncertainty, Roshelle Montgomery held her husband’s hand while he died last Thursday. Warren Montgomery, 42, had COVID-19 and had been in the hospital for a week, but it all started on Easter Sunday. That’s when Roshelle tested positive. She isolated but soon Warren wasn’t feeling well. Then he and on...

Regina / 980 CJME Apr 22, 2021 4:49 PM Regina is coming together to help the family of Warren Montgomery through their loss after the 42-year-old died of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The chef at The Big Easy Kitchen leaves behind his wife Roshelle as well as two daughters. A GoFundMe project set up to help Montgomery’s family while he was hospitalized has continued past his death and raised more than $35,000 as of Thursday. Just days before his death, he posted on social media, pleading for people to...

“Me, being a brother, there’s only a few brothers up here,” Lamar said with a laugh.  “He came up to me, said, ‘Hey man, you from Louisiana?’ ” recalled Lamar, who replied with a yes. “I got super excited, man … After that we just started to kick it, we became best friends.” Montgomery was a chef who’d moved north from New Orleans and ended up running The Big Easy Kitchen in Regina where he lived with his wife and two young daughters. On Tuesday, Lamar and other friends ...

Community mourns loss of local chef Warren Montgomery to COVID-19 Alec Salloum © Provided by Leader Post Warren Montgomery passed away on April 20, 2021 while in the hospital with COVID-19. Brandon Lamar was at a Football Saskatchewan coaches clinic back in 2011 when he spotted someone staring at him and the New Orleans Saints hat he was wearing. His choice of headwear that day turned out to be fortuit...

  REGINA -- Friends, family and community members are mourning the loss of local chef Warren Montgomery, who died in a Regina hospital on Tuesday after a fight with COVID-19. Montgomery, 42, was originally from Louisiana. He was the owner of The Big Easy Kitchen, which offered “simple, southern comfort food with local and authentic southern ingredients” according to its Facebook page. Brandon Brooks, Montgomery’s best friend who is also from Louisiana, said they met in 2011 at a Foot...

"Ive heard about the ICU being max capacity, overcapacity, but I didnt understand until I saw it," Roshelle said. "Its literally like a nightmare in there." After battling the coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K., the 42-year-old chef died peacefully Tuesday with Roshelle holding his hand. Warren was a big personality with a big smile  Warren was working with Delta Airlines in Atlanta 10 years ago when he and Roshelle connected online. The two met for the first time that June, got ...

Community steps up to fundraise for family of Regina chef who died after contracting COVID-19 Community members and local businesses have stepped up to fundraise for a Regina chef who died on Tuesday after contracting COVID-19. Social Sharing