Chef Paul Prudhomme.

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US chef hit by falling bullet

he had been stung by a bee was stunned when he opened his shirt and saw a bullet drop out

Prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent on the golf range at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans yesterday, where the PGA tour begins tomorrow, when he felt a sting in his right arm, just above his elbow

The cook shook his shirt sleeve and a .22 calibre bullet fell to the ground

probably shot from somewhere within a mile-and-a-half radius of the golf course

The chef rose to prominence after being named the first American-born executive chef of noted New Orleans restaurant Commander's Palace in 1975

He was at the course to cook for players, their caddies and guests at the annual US golf professionals tournament

the bullet cut Prudhomme's skin on his arm and put a hole in his white chef's coat. But he continued with his cooking

"Within five minutes, he was back to doing his thing."

"He thought it was a bee sting,"