Carol Brock (December 14, 1923 Queens - July 27, 2020 Manhasset, New York) was a food critic and founder of Les Dames d'Escoffier.[1] She was also a philanthropist.[2] The State University of New York at Cobleskill awarded her a doctorate of Humane Letters in 2016.[3]
Carol Jean Lang was the only child of Charles and Helen. Her father ran a butcher shop, while her mother was a homemaker, and the family lived in Beechhurst, Queens. She earned a home economics degree from Queens College, City University of New York and a master’s in food science from New York University. She married accountant Emil Andrew Brock when she was 20 years old.[1]
Brock was a food journalist at the New York Daily News who strove to break what she called the “Pyrex ceiling.”[1]
Earlier, she worked for 23 years at Good Housekeeping before spending three years as food editor of Parents (magazine) before moving to the Daily News in 1971.[1]
She started at Good Housekeeping as an assistant food editor. She was responsible for developing recipes and eventually was a contributing editor for several of their cookbooks.[2]
At the age of 96, Brock died of respiratory failure at North Shore Hospital.[4] She is survived by sons Brian and Craig.[1]