Christian Le Squer
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Christian Le Squer (born September 30, 1962) is a French chef, three stars at the Guide Michelin.
Early life and education
Christian Le Squer was born in Plouhinec in the department of Morbihan in Britanny. He first wanted to become a sailor and embarked at the age of 14 on the fishing trawler of his uncle for two weeks where a sailor initiated him in cooking. He then hesitated between cooking and pastry, but an internship in baking made him decide to choose the first one.[1]
He joined a hotel school and graduated in 1986 with a CAP (Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle) and a BEP (Brevet d'Études Professionnelles) in cooking at a professional high school in Vannes.[2]
Professional career
After a training course in several prestigious restaurants located in Paris such as Le Divellec, Lucas Carton, Taillevent and Le Ritz, he became the chef of the Café de la Paix Restaurant Opéra, where he obtained in 1996 his first Michelin star and the second one in 1998.
In 1999, succeeding to Ghislaine Arabian, he became the chef of the Pavillon Ledoyen located at the avenue des Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. In 2000, he received two Michelin stars in this esteblishment, and obtained in 2002 his third star at the Guide Michelin. In 2008, he founded a new restaurant in Paris, the Etc (Épicure traditionnelle cuisine), where he received one Michelin star the following year. In 2011, he founded the restaurant La Grande Verrière at the Jardin d'Acclimatation next to the Bois de Boulogne. In 2013, he was awarded with "five toques" by the Gault et Millau for the Restaurant Ledoyen.[3]
Since 2014, he is the head chef of the restaurant Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, where he received two Michelin stars in 2015 and three in 2016.
Signature dishes
- Turbot flesh with truffled emulsion of Ratte potatoes
- Small sole fillets with vin jaune
- Big crunchy scampis with citrus emulsion
- Chantilly of oysters
See also
References
- ↑ "Christian Le Squer, notice biographique" (in French). LCI. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Nadine Lemoine, Christian Le Squer: un parcours exemplaire, interview" (in French). L'Hôtellerie Restauration. February 29, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Le palmarès du Guide France 2014" (in French). Gault et Millau. October 27, 2013.