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Loïc Lefebvre

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Loïc Lefebvre
Born (1976-12-04) 4 December 1976 (age 47)
Culinary career
Cooking styleContemporary Cuisine
Current restaurant(s)
  • L’Atelier du Peintre
Previous restaurant(s)
  • La Riviera
    Abstract
    Contrast
Websitewww.atelier-peintre.fr

Loïc Lefebvre (born 4 December 1976) is a Michelin-starred French chef and restaurateur. He is the chef-owner of L’Atelier du Peintre in Colmar, France.

Early life and training

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Lefebvre studied at Lycée Alain Fournier in Verdun, France.

He spent his formative years of technical training in France in the Michelin-starred kitchens of Christian Willer (of Le Palme d'Or Restaurant), twin brothers Jacques and Lourent Pourcel (of Le Jardin des Sens) and Jacques Chibois (of La Bastilde Saint-Antoine).[1]

Lefebvre has been chef for former President of France, Jacques Chirac.[2]

Career

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Restaurants

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Lefebvre's first head chef position, at 28 years of age, was at La Riviera, a restaurant at the Glenmoriston Town House hotel and restaurant in Inverness, Scotland, owned by multi-millionaire Barry Larsen. He was in charge of four compatriot chefs, and the aim was to garner a coveted Michelin star.

Larsen changed La Riviera's name to Abstract, before opening a second restaurant, named Contrast, next door in June 2006.

In March 2007, after three years in Inverness, Lefebvre moved to Edinburgh, where he and Larsen had planned to open a second location under the Abstract name. After a disagreement, Lefebvre returned to France in May 2007.[3] The second location closed in January 2010.

Lefebvre opened the 40-seat[4] L’Atelier du Peintre in Colmar, France, in March 2009.[5]

Television appearances

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Lefebvre was featured in a Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares episode that aired in June 2005.[6] Gordon Ramsay and his team visited La Riviera the previous winter.[7] The show revisited the restaurant twice: once two months after the original; then again, two years later. After the visits, the restaurant won the Scottish Hotel Restaurant of the Year award.[6]

Awards

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L’Atelier du Peintre received a Michelin star in 2011.[8]

Personal life

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Lefebvre lives with his partner Caroline Cordier, who is the restaurant manager.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Alsatian Wine and Food at L’Atelier du Peintre in Colmar - HonestCooking.com
  2. ^ Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares episode "La Riviera" (Season 2 Episode 4), 2005
  3. ^ "Chef quits restaurant after row" - The Scotsman, May 18, 2007
  4. ^ "TROIS NOUVELLES ÉTOILES EN ALSACE" - 26 July 2016
  5. ^ "Restaurants in Colmar: L’Atelier du Peintre, Reviewed" - FranceToday.com, 22 July 2014
  6. ^ a b "Gordon blue!" - Highland News Group, week ending June 4, 2005
  7. ^ "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" - Reality TV Revisited
  8. ^ L'Atelier du Peintre - ViaMichelin.com
  9. ^ L'Atelier du Peintre - Fodor's
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