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Edwin Henderson

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Founder and Executive Chef of Chefs in the City

EDWIN DARNELL HENDERSON is a U.S. Army veteran, former Harris County Sheriff's Deputy, and the founder and executive chef of Chefs in the City, a Houston-based catering and personal chef company. He also serves as the Veteran Business Development representative at West Oaks Hospital, a psychiatric and substance use hospital in Houston, where he supports veterans navigating mental health and substance use treatment. Edwin has appeared on OWN's Ready to Love: Last Resort and has been featured on Food Network.

Life After Abu Ghraib, an HPD Officer's Knee on My Neck and Losing My Sheriff's Badge
June 6, 2026

Life After Abu Ghraib, an HPD Officer's Knee on My Neck and Losing My Sheriff's Badge

Edwin Henderson is 45, an Army veteran with one Iraq deployment, and a former Harris County deputy who watched his law-enforcement career end on the ground outside a Houston club. He now works in business development at West ...