Jean-François Piège

Jean-François Piège (born 25 September 1970) is a French chef, two stars at the Guide Michelin.

Training and career In 1991, he started working as a chef assistant for ten months at the Palais de l'Élysée during his military service. He worked notably with Bernard Vaussion, sous-chef at that time. After having worked with famous other chefs for several years (Bruno Cirino, Yves Camdeborde, Christian Constant, Alain Ducasse), he became the chef of the restaurant Les Ambassadeurs at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, not hesitating on mixing the codes of the palace with popular cuisine.

In 2009, he started a new project and created with his colleague Thierry Costes a place with a unique personality in Paris. The domain of Thoumieux is declined in different places : the Brasserie Thoumieux (2009), the restaurant Jean-François Piège (2010) and the Hôtel Thoumieux (2011).

In February 2011, Jean-François Piège received directly two Michelin stars for his restaurant. His colleagues named him a few months later chef of the year after a secret vote organised by the special magazine Le Chef among 6,000 professionals (cooking chefs, pastry chefs, sommeliers).

in 2014 he decided to open a restaurant called Clover with his wife Élodie, located in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A year later the couple opened the Grand Restaurant, which was awarded two stars by the Guide Michelin in February 2016.

Piège also opened another restaurant named the Clover Grill in the centre of Paris. At the beginning of 2018, Clover was renamed Clover Green and started having a special focus on vegetables.

Television He shares his knowledge and his passion through his books and as a guest in various television programs such as Un dîner presque parfait (the French version of Come Dine with Me) and 100% Mag on M6. From 2010 to 2019, he is a member of the jury in the French version of Top Chef on the same channel.

Honours 2001 : 3 Michelin stars for the restaurant of the Plaza Athénée 2005 : 2 Michelin stars for the restaurant Les Ambassadeurs 2005 : Chef of the year by the guide Pudlo for the restaurant Les Ambassadeurs 2005 : Chef of the year by the guide Champérard for the restaurant Les Ambassadeurs 2007 : Chef of the year by the guide Gault et Millau for the restaurant Les Ambassadeurs 2008 : Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of Merit 2010 : "Lillet / Lebey de l'Innovation" price for the Brasserie Thoumieux 2011 : "Omnivore Maison" price for the Hôtel Thoumieux 2011 : Event of the year by the guide Pudlo for the restaurant Jean-François Piège 2011 : 2 Michelin stars for the restaurant Jean-François Piège 2011 : Chef of the year by the revue Le Chef 2014 - Named "Creator of the Year" at the cooking festival OMNIVORE 2014 - Jean-François Piège nominated Vice-President of "Grandes Tables du Monde" 2016 - 2 Michelin stars for his restaurant Le Grand Restaurant in Paris, 8th arrondissement 2016 - Receives Lebey Prize for Best Meat dish for his "sweetbreads cooked over walnut shells" 2016 - Voted "Chef of the Year" by the 2016 Pudlo Guide 2016 - Voted "Chef of the Year" by the 2016 Champérard Guide 2017 - Clover Grill receives the "Coup de Cœur" awarded by the Guide Lebey Paris/London 2017 - Clover Grill voted as one of the best restaurants of the year in the 2017 Hot List of Condé Nast Traveller Magazine 2018 - Le Grand Restaurant voted best restaurant of the year by the World Luxury Restaurant Awards 2018 - Le Grand Restaurant scored 19/20 and five hats by the guide Gault & Millau 2019 - 1 Michelin star for his restaurant La Poule au Pot in Paris, 1st arrondissement

Books 2007 - Côté Crillon, côté maison (Editions Flammarion) 2008 - Jean-François Piège dans votre cuisine (Editions Flammarion) 2011 - Le Petit Dictionnaire d’Alexandre Dumas et des recettes de Jean-François Piège (Editions J’ai Lu) et Best Of Jean-François Piège (Editions Alain Ducasse) 2013 - Manifeste L’art de manger (Editions Autrement) et Jean-François Piège (Editions Flammarion) 2014 - Jean-François Piège, English version (Editions Flammarion) et Jean-François Piège, le poisson à sa façon (Kéribus Editions) 2016 - Jean-François Piège pour tous (Editions Hachette) 2017 - Les desserts de Jean-François Piège pour tous (Editions Hachette) 2018 - Zéro gras (Editions Hachette) 2019 - Les Tartes de Jean-François Piège pour tous (Editions Hachette)

Television programs 2008 to 2011 - Un dîner Presque parfait on channel M6 : Head judge seasons 2 to 4 2010 to 2019 - Top Chef on channel M6 : Head judge from seasons 1 to 10