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Anne-Sophie Pic, Three-Star Michelin Chef

Anne-Sophie Pic is the first female three-star Michelin chef in France in more than 50 years. This interview in the Observer Food Monthly also includes some great background on and comments from the other female three-star Michelin chefs. One of Pic's observations of the differences between men and women chefs: "Yes, I see the way male chefs shout, the macho thing. Fine. But it's just not the way I want to run it. I think it's an odd way of getting through to people. Not a good way. If you shout it gives out the impression that there's something wrong. But I don't mean there's some kind of peace. We are very tense. People are very, very concentrated in the...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Alaina Browne, March 27, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Tagged: Anne-Sophie Pic, chefs, France, Michelin Guide

Michelin France

Adrian Moore peeks at French papers for the first look at the French Michelin Guide results for 2007. Here's the Le Figaro article in French. Promoted: Anne-Sophie Pic's Maison Pic (making her the first three-starred woman), Philippe Barbot and Christophe Rohat's l'Astrance, Frédéric Anton's Le Pré Catelan, Yannick Alléno's Le Meurice. Demoted: Marc Veyrat's recently sold La Ferme de Mon Père, Le Cinq, Philippe Legendre's George V, Le Taillevent, Bueherisel, L'Esperance (which just declared bankruptcy)....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Nathalie Jordi, January 18, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Tagged: Anne-Sophie Pic, Christophe Rohat, France, Frederic Anton, Marc Veyrat, Michelin, Philippe Legendre, Yannick Alleno