Top Famous French Chefs Males Biographies

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List of all famous French chefs male in 2024

• Paul Bocuse

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Paul Bocuse was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine.
Born: February 11, 1926
Died: January 20, 2018

Full Biography: Paul Bocuse Biography

• Guy Savoy – Multiple Michelin stars

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Guy Savoy is a French chef who is the head chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, both of which have gained multiple Michelin stars. He owns three other restaurants in Paris.

Born: July 24, 1953
Age: 71 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Guy Savoy Biography

• Pierre Hermé – World’s Best Pastry Chef in 2016 by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants

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Pierre Hermé is a French pastry chef and chocolatier. He began his career at the age of 14 as an apprentice to Gaston Lenôtre.

Born:  November 20, 1961
Age: 62 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Pierre Hermé Biography

• Raymond Blanc – 9/10 in the Good Food Guide

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Raymond Blanc OBE is a French chef. Blanc is the chef patron at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, a hotel restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England.

Born: November 19, 1949
Age: 74 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Raymond Blanc Biography

• Alain Passard – Owner of the three Michelin star restaurant

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Alain Passard is a French chef and owner of the three-Michelin star restaurant L’Arpège in Paris. The son of musicians, Passard plays the saxophone.

Born: August 4, 1956
Age: 68 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Alain Passard Biography

• Jean-Christophe Novelli – 5/5 AA Rosette and multi-Michelin Star award-winning chef

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Jean-Christophe Novelli is a 5/5 AA Rosette and multi-Michelin Star award-winning chef

Born: February 22, 1961
Age: 63 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jean-Christophe Novelli Biography

• Michel Guérard – Cuisine Minceur Inventor

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Michel Guérard is a French chef, author, one of the founders of nouvelle cuisine, and the inventor of cuisine minceur.

Born: March 27, 1933
Age: 91 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Michel Guérard Biography

• Auguste Escoffier – Traditional French Chef

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Georges Auguste Escoffier was a French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods.

Born: October 28, 1846
Died: February 12, 1935

Full Biography: Auguste Escoffier Biography

• Alain Ducasse – Monégasque Chef

Alain Ducasse is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars in the Michelin Guide.

Born: September 13, 1956
Age: 68 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Alain Ducasse Biography

• Gaston Lenôtre – French pastry Chef

Gaston Lenôtre was a French pastry chef. He is known as a possible creator of the opera cake, the founder of Lenôtre a culinary empire.

Born: May 28, 1920
Died: January 8, 2009

Full Biography: Gaston Lenôtre Biography

• Alexis Soyer – the most celebrated cook in Victorian England in past

Alexis Benoît Soyer was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England.

Born: February 4, 1810

Died: August 5, 1858

Full Biography: Alexis Soyer Biography

• Marie-Antoine Carême

Marie Antoine Carême was a French chef and an early practitioner and exponent of the elaborate style of cooking known as grande cuisine, the “high art” of French cooking: a grandiose style of cookery favored by both international royalties and by the nouveau riche of Paris.

Born: June 8, 1784

Died: January 12, 1833

Full Biography: Marie-Antoine Carême Biography

• Jacques Pépin

Jacques Pépin is a French-born American chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist.

Born: December 18, 1935
Age: 88 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jacques Pépin Biography

• Cyril Lignac

Cyril Lignac is a French chef. He is the owner and chef of the gourmet restaurant Le Quinzième, also of Le Chardenoux, a Parisian bistro.

Born: November 5, 1977
Age: 46 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Cyril Lignac Biography

• Wylie Dufresne

Wylie Dufresne is the chef and owner of Du’s Donuts and the former chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan.

Born: 1970
Age: 53 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Wylie Dufresne Biography

• Fernand Point

Fernand Point was a French chef and restaurateur and is considered to be the father of modern French cuisine.

Born: February 25, 1897

Died: March 4, 1955

Full Biography: Fernand Point Biography

• Raymond Oliver

Raymond Oliver was a French chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, one of France’s great historical restaurants.

Born: March 27, 1909

Died: November 5, 1990

Full Biography: Raymond Oliver Biography

• Éric Ripert

Éric Frank Ripert is a French chef, author, and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood.

Born: March 2, 1965
Age: 59 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Éric Ripert Biography

• Daniel Boulud – Eponymously Chef

Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, London, Singapore, and Dubai.

Born: March 2, 1965
Age: 69 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Daniel Boulud Biography

• Ludo Lefebvre – Michelin-star French Chef

Ludovic Lefebvre is a Michelin-star French chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality.

Born: April 18, 1971

Age: 53 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Ludo Lefebvre Biography

• Hubert Keller

Hubert Keller is a noted French chef, who is known for his signature restaurants, Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Born: 1954

Age: 70 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Hubert Keller Biography

• François Vatel

François Vatel was the majordomo of Nicolas Fouquet and prince Louis II de Bourbon-Condé.

Born: January 17, 1631

Died: April 24, 1671

Full Biography: François Vatel Biography

• Fabrice Desvignes

Fabrice Desvignes, born in 1973, is a French chef, and winner of the 2007 Bocuse d’Or. Desvignes is a second chef at the Présidence du Sénat in Paris.

Born: 1972

Age: 52 Years Old in 2024

• Bernard Loiseau

Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau was a French chef at Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, in Saulieu, France.

• Jacques Torres

Jacques Torres is a French pastry chef and chocolatier based in New York.

Born: June 14, 1959

Age: 65 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jacques Torres Biography

• Dominique Ansel

Dominique Ansel is a French pastry chef and owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City

Born: 1978

Age: 46 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Dominique Ansel Biography

• Philippe Labbé

Philippe Labbé is a French chef from the Champagne-Ardennes region.

Born:1961

Age: 63 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Philippe Labbé Biography

• Arnaud Lallement

Arnaud Lallement is a French chef. He is the owner of the gastronomic restaurant L’Assiette Champenoise in Tinqueux near Reims.

Born: June 28, 1974

Age: 50 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Arnaud Lallement Biography

• Guy Lassausaie

Guy Lassausaie is a French chef based in Chasselay, Rhône, France. His restaurant has two Michelin stars. He was awarded as Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 1993.

Born: June 28, 1974

Age: 50 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Guy Lassausaie Biography

• Christian Le Squer

Christian Le Squer is a French three-star Michelin chef at Restaurant Le Cinq, Paris

Born: September 30, 1962

Age: 62 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Christian Le Squer Biography

• Philippe Legendre

Philippe Legendre was head chef of the Michelin three-star restaurant Le Cinq at the George V Hotel in the 8th arrondissement in Paris, France.

Born: Not Known

Age: Not Known

Full Biography: Philippe Legendre Biography

• Jean-Michel Lorain

Jean-Michel Lorain is a French chef. He is the owner of the restaurant La Côte Saint Jacques located in Joigny, department of Yonne in the region of Bourgogne.

Born: January 7, 1959

Age: 65 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jean-Michel Lorain Biography

• Adolphe Dugléré

Adolphe Dugléré was a French chef and a pupil of Marie-Antoine Carême.

Born: June 3, 1805

Died: April 4, 1884

Full Biography: Adolphe Dugléré Biography

• Eric Lanlard

Éric Lanlard is a French pâtissier and celebrity chef. He was previously a chef for the French Navy but moved to the UK in 1989 to work with Albert and Michel Roux.

Born: 1968

Age: 56 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Eric Lanlard Biography

• Alain Lenotre

Alain Lenotre is a certified pastry chef, candy maker, and ice cream maker.

Born: 1945

Age: 79 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Alain Lenotre Biography

• Paul Thalamas

Paul Thalamas (1871–1961) was a French chef.

• Édouard Loubet

Édouard Loubet is a French master chef with 2 stars in the Michelin Guide.

Born: September 25, 1970

Age: 53 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Édouard Loubet Biography

• Michel Flamme

Michel Flamme is a French chef. He worked in “Byerly Turk Restaurant “, the restaurant of the Michelin starred Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (K Club) in Straffan, County Kildare, when it earned its stars between 1993 and 1994.

Full Biography: Michel Flamme Biography

• Joël Robuchon

Joël Robuchon was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named “Chef of the Century” by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France in cuisine in 1976.

• Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay OBE is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality, food critic, and writer.

Born: November 8, 1966

Age: 27 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Gordon Ramsay Biography

• Pierre Gagnaire

Pierre Gagnaire is a French chef and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris.

Born: April 9, 1950

Age: 74 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Pierre Gagnaire Biography

• Philippe Etchebest

Philippe Etchebest is a French chef. He was awarded two Michelin stars at the Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France.

Born: December 2, 1966

Age: 57 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Philippe Etchebest Biography

• Thomas Keller

Thomas Aloysius Keller is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer.

Born: October 14, 1955

Age: 68 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Thomas Keller Biography

• Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is a French chef. Vongerichten commands restaurants in Miami Beach, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo, as well as New York’s Jean-Georges restaurant and Tangará Jean Georges in São Paulo’s luxurious Palácio Tangará, by Oetker Collection.

Born: March 16, 1957

Age: 67 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jean-Georges Vongerichten Biography

• Michel Sarran

Michel Sarran is a chef from Toulouse whose restaurant, which bears his name, has been awarded two Michelin stars.

Born: 18 April 1961

Age: 63 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Michel Sarran Biography

• Jean-François Piège

Jean-François Piège is a French chef, with two stars on the Guide Michelin.

Born: September 25, 1970

Age: 53 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Jean-François Piège Biography

• Yannick Alléno

Yannick Alléno is a French chef who operates the restaurants Pavillon Ledoyen and L’Abysse in Paris and Le 1947 in Courchevel.

Born: December 16, 1968

Age: 55 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Yannick Alléno Biography

• Michel Roux Jr.

Michel Albert Roux previously known as Michel Roux Jr., is an English-French two-Michelin-starred chef. He owns the London restaurant Le Gavroche.

Born: May 23, 1960

Age: 64 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Michel Roux Jr. Biography

• Michel Bras

Michel Bras is a French chef. His restaurant located in Laguiole in the Aveyron was rated three stars in the Guide Michelin since 1999.

Born: November 4, 1946 

Age: 77 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Michel Bras Biography

• Michel Roux

Michel Albert Roux previously known as Michel Roux Jr., is an English-French two Michelin starred chef.

Born: May 23, 1960

Age: 64 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Michel Roux Biography

• Pierre Koffmann

Pierre Koffmann is a French professional chef. He was one of a handful of chefs in the United Kingdom to have been awarded the coveted three Michelin stars at his restaurant La Tante Claire in London.

Born: August 21, 1948

Age: 76 Years Old in 2024

Full Biography: Pierre Koffmann Biography

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