Dominique Crenn
CULINARY ARTS (1965 - present)
Crenn moved from France to the United States to
pursue her culinary aspirations, in the late 1980s. Her
first restaurant position was at Stars, a prominent
restaurant in the city run by celebrity chef Jeremiah
Tower. After two years, she moved on to work at
restaurants such as Campton Place, 2223 Market,
and Yoyo Bistro at the Miyako Hotel before taking a
position as head chef for the restaurant in
Intercontinental Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. She was
Indonesia's first ever female head chef, but was
forced to flee the country during civil unrest in 1998.
Once she returned to the US she continued to prove
her worth at various restaurants, finally opening her
own, Atelier Crenn, in 2011. She is the first ever
female chef to be awarded two Michelin stars and, in
2018, she added a third star, something only a
handful of chefs have attained. When Covid19 closed
her restaurant, Rachel started providing healthy
meals for frontline workers and homeless people.
Rachel Humphrey
CULINARY ARTS (Unknown)
Rachel was appointed Head Chef at
world famous Le Gavroche in 2008,
after joining as an apprentice in 1996,
and is the first woman to have held
that honour. With the Roux dynasty to
maintain, Rachel's in-house training
has meant that she knows the team
and the kitchen inside-out and has
used those skills to adjust and
modernise the Le Gavroche menu,
while still recognising it's 50 year
history. Given that it can be a three
month wait for a table, she's clearly
succeeding!
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