Stéphanie Le Quellec

Stéphanie Le Quellec, born Lecocq[1] (born December 6, 1981 in Enghien-les-Bains, Île-de-France, France) is a 2-star chef.

Stéphanie Le Quellec
Born
Stéphanie Lecocq

December 6, 1981
Enghiens-les-Bains

She won season 2 of Top Chef on M6 in 2011. She is one of the rare female chefs to have received 2 stars from the Michelin guide. [2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Stéphanie Lecocq grew up in Enghien-les-Bains[7] in a family who loved gastronomy.[8],[9]. She started cooking at age 7 or 8. After high school, she spent 5 years studying at the hospitality school Albert-de-Mun, in Paris. She earned her BTS degree at age 19.

She began her career in 2001 at the restaurant Le Cinq at George-V in Paris She met her future husband David Le Quellec, also a chef, there.[10] Later, they had 3 children (Baptiste, Maxime, and Arthur).[11] She became sous-chef under Eric Briffard in 2006[12].

In 2011, she was on Season 2 of Top Chef on M6.

In 2013, she became head of the restaurant La Scène, in the 5-star hotel Prince de Galles, on the avenue George V in Paris.

In 2014, she received her first Michelin star[13]. In January 2019, she received her second Michelin star.

In 2017, she was in the short film Ma Mère cuisine mieux que la tienne ! ("My Mom is a Better Cook Than Yours!") on M6[9].

In March 2019, she left the restaurant at the Hotel Prince de Galles, a few weeks after receiving her second Michelin star.[14],[15]

On October 9, 2019, Stéphanie Le Quellec opened her own restaurant named on Matignon Street in Paris, called La Scène.[16]

On January 27, 2020, her new restaurant received 2 Michelin stars.

  • Best of Stéphanie Le Quellec. Ducasse Editions. 2015. ISBN 2841237869.
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  9. "Stéphanie Le Quellec revient sur La Scène". cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  10. "Stéphanie et David Le Quellec, le «power couple» de la cuisine parisienne". Slate.fr (in French). 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  11. "Stéphanie Le Quellec on Instagram: "27 janvier 2020/21 janvier 2019 NOUS L'AVONS FAIT! Que dire de cette année folle qui changea ma vie, sinon que je suis passée par tous les…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  12. "Stéphanie Le Quellec, chef étoilée". LExpress.fr (in French). 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  13. "Stéphanie Le Quellec. Une étoile est née". Le Telegramme (in French). 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  14. "La Chef Stéphanie Le Quellec s'exprime après l'annonce de son départ". Food & Sens (in French). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  15. Bosio, Alice (2019-02-13). "Stéphanie Le Quellec quitte le Prince de Galles". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  16. "Stéphanie Le Quellec ouvre le restaurant La Scène à Paris". www.sortiraparis.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
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