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

(1981-12-06) December 6, 1981 (age 42)

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

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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.[10]

She began her career in 2001 at restaurant Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, where she also met her future husband David Le Quellec, another chef at the restaurant.[11] Later, they had 3 children (Baptiste, Maxime, and Arthur).[12] She became sous-chef under Eric Briffard in 2006.[13]

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 and in 2014, she received her first Michelin star.[14] In March 2019, a few weeks after receiving her second Michelin star, she left the restaurant.[15][16]

On October 9, 2019, Le Quellec opened her own restaurant named on Matignon Street in Paris, called La Scène.[17] On January 27, 2020, her new restaurant received two Michelin stars.

Le Quellec has made several television appearances. In 2011, she was on Season 2 of Top Chef on French television channel M6. 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Stéphanie Le Quellec, elle reste au rang". Libération (in French). 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. ^ Figaro, Madame (2019-01-22). "Guide Michelin 2019 : Anne-Sophie Pic, Stéphanie Le Quellec et Julia Sedefdjian récompensées". Madame Figaro. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ^ "Découvrez le portrait des femmes chefs françaises d'aujourd'hui et de demain". Demotivateur.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  4. ^ "Femmes Cheffes Étoilées : encore un effort, Mr Michelin !". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  5. ^ "Guide MICHELIN 2015 : les femmes chefs étoilées de France | MICHELIN Restaurants". restaurant.michelin.fr. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  6. ^ "Femmes et développement durable aux premières loges du guide MICHELIN 2019 | MICHELIN Restaurants". restaurant.michelin.fr. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  7. ^ "Stéphanie Le Quellec | Thuriès Gastronomie Magazine". www.thuriesmagazine.fr. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. ^ "Gagnante de Top Chef et chef étoilée : qui est Stéphanie Le Quellec ?". Marie Claire (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  9. ^ a b "Stéphanie Le Quellec revient sur La Scène". cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  10. ^ Média, Prisma. "Stéphanie Le Quellec - La biographie de Stéphanie Le Quellec avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  11. ^ "Stéphanie et David Le Quellec, le "power couple" de la cuisine parisienne". Slate.fr (in French). 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  12. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  13. ^ "Stéphanie Le Quellec, chef étoilée". LExpress.fr (in French). 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  14. ^ "Stéphanie Le Quellec. Une étoile est née". Le Telegramme (in French). 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  15. ^ "La Chef Stéphanie Le Quellec s'exprime après l'annonce de son départ". Food & Sens (in French). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  16. ^ Bosio, Alice (2019-02-13). "Stéphanie Le Quellec quitte le Prince de Galles". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  17. ^ "Stéphanie Le Quellec ouvre le restaurant La Scène à Paris". www.sortiraparis.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  • Best of Stéphanie Le Quellec. Ducasse Editions. 2015. ISBN 2841237869.
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