Anne-Sophie Pic is undoubtedly one of the most famous, and talented chefs in the world, that everyone would like to taste one of her dishes.
In case you need to know more about her, we are about dive into her life, so keep on reading!
- Anne-Sophie Pic was born on 12th of July in 1969.
- Anne-Sophie Pic was born in Valence, Drôme, in France
- She’s best known for gaining three Michelin stars for her restaurant.
- Her father, Jacques Pic, was also a chef.
- She grew up at her family’s restaurant, Maison Pic.
- Her grandfather, Andre Pic, was also a chef, who was particularly known for a crayfish gratin dish.
- Her great-grandmother Sophie opened the restaurant in 1889.
- Her grandfather was the one who first gained the restaurant three Michelin stars in 1934.
- She initially decided not to follow in their footsteps by becoming a chef.
- She chose to travel overseas to train in management.
- She worked in Japan and the United States as an intern for various companies.
- Such companies were Cartier and Moët & Chandon.
- Despite the fact she was working in well recognized companies, she found herself drawn back to the restaurant for her “passion”.
- This is how she became a famous French chef.
- In 1992, at the age of 23, she returned to Maison Pic to train under her father to become a chef.
- He died three months later, and she moved to working the front of the house.
- In 1995, the restaurant lost its third Michelin star.
- She has mentioned that felt like losing her father’s star.
- This spurred her to return to the kitchen.
- In 1997, Pic took control of the restaurant.
- She had no formal training in cooking.
- In 2007, she regained Maison Pic’s three Michelin stars.
- This was only the fourth time ever that a female chef had achieved three Michelin stars.
- That same year, Pic was the only woman on French newspaper Le Figaro‘s list of the top twenty richest chefs in France.
- She opened her second restaurant, Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- It was awarded two Michelin stars in 2009.
- It is located within the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel.
- In September 2012, she opened her first Paris-based restaurant, La Dame de Pic.
- Pic is married to David Sinapian.
- Together they have a son named Nathan.
- In 2015 and 2016, Pic was a member of the Prix Versailles judges panel.
- In 2018, she appeared as a judge on the “France” episode and in the finale of The Final Table, season 1.
- In June 2020, she and other chefs, as well as architects, Nobel laureates in Economics and leaders of international organizations, signed the appeal in favour of the purple economy.
- It was published in the Corriere della Sera, El País and Le Monde.
- Her Michelin awarded restaurant is named Maison Pic, and is located in southeast France.
- She is the fourth female chef to win three Michelin stars.
- She was named the Best Female Chef by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2011.
- In 2011, she received the Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef award, named after Madame Clicquot Ponsardinand given by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards scheme from British magazine Restaurant.
- It was the first time the category had been awarded, and it was thought to have been closely fought between Pic, Elena Arzak and Nadia Santini.
- At the time of the award, Pic was the only three Michelin starred female chef in France.
- On 14 July 2011, she was named a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honour.
- In 2009, Pic received the Eckart Witzigmann Award for excellent culinary art.
- She’s not the only woman in the world to be awarded with 3 Michelin stars. There are also two Italians and two Spaniards who received the award.
- She hamentioned that her culinary hero is her father.
- Her favourite product is chocolate.
- Her favourite junk food is… fish and chips!
- ‘m Still Standing” by Elton John brings her good energy in the kitchen!
- But when cooking at home she’s more into the “Every Breath You Take” by The Police.
- The celebrity-client she will never forget is Mick Jagger.
- In an interview she mentioned as “the most rock’n’roll” dessert
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