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Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is proud to serve the nation's best homestyle cooking from locations across America. Every time you take a bite of our specialty chicken dishes, you're sinking your teeth into a piece of history. Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken restaurant and catering company was founded in 1966, but its origins stretch back before to the childhood of our founder, Lee Cummings.

catering companyLee was born in Indiana and spent his early years in the kitchen. Like his uncle, Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC, Lee took an interest in cooking and developing unbeatable recipes. Lee joined his uncle selling pressure cookers and their own spice blend in 1952. Later he’d help open over 800 KFC locations in just three years.

Ten years after going into business with Colonel Sanders, KFC was sold, and Lee was free to turn his attention to his own chicken recipe. He debuted his Famous Recipe at Harold's Take-Home in Lima, OH, in 1966, and the first franchise location was opened later the same year.

Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken continued to spread over the next several years. In 1970, our brand went international, with three locations opening in Trinidad. By 1972, we had hit 100 locations. It wasn't until 1981 that Lee sold the franchise, entrusting his Famous Recipe to new owners.

Since then, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken has continued to serve its customers delicious homestyle food from almost 150 locations in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. Our Famous Recipe Chicken is as tasty as ever and is available at drive-thrus and dine-in locations, as well as through our excellent chicken catering company services.

If you're looking for a taste of home or party food ideas, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken will serve them up with pride. For the catering company, call (513) 244-2536 in Cincinnati, OH, or find your nearest location online.

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