James Beard award-winning restaurant owner Corrine Bradley-Powers shared her inspiring story at Echelon Care and Rehab Center in Voorhees.
The culinary leader discussed her journey in opening "Corrine's Place," one of the first Soul Food restaurants in the Camden area.
According to Rutgers-Camden University, she graduated in 1979 and worked as a social worker for ten years before she and her family joined forces to open a full-service restaurant.
Many long hours of hard work helped create the renowned restaurant.
Bradley-Powers has successfully owned and operated Corinne's Place for more than 30 years.
Corinne was often joined in the kitchen by her mother, Fannie Anderson, who taught her how to cook, while her daughter worked as a waitress.
Customers come from near and far to experience her southern soul food cuisine.
In 2022, the restaurant won the "America's Classics Award" from the James Beard Foundation, as one of only six restaurants nationwide to be honored in the food industry.
The event in Voorhees was organized in celebration of Black History Month but was rescheduled for March due to the recent snowstorm.