What is the name of Lorelai Gilmore's business partner at the Dragonfly Inn?

Sookie St. James is Lorelai Gilmore's business partner at the Dragonfly Inn. The two friends buy and reopen the inn after working together at the Independence Inn.

Sookie, played by Melissa McCarthy, is the Dragonfly's chef. Her inventive cooking, perfectionism, and comic clumsiness make her both a professional asset and one of the show's most recognizable supporting characters.

The business partnership grows from the friendship between Sookie and Lorelai. Sookie's husband is Jackson Belleville, a local farmer who supplies produce. A common mix-up is naming Michel Gerard, who works at the inn, as Lorelai's partner; Michel is an employee and concierge, not the co-owner of the Dragonfly.