Alain Ducasse

Alain Ducasse is an iconic chef with decades in the business, several restaurants under his belt, and an eponymous restaurant group with its hand in everything from actual restaurant operations to consultancy to cooking schools and beyond, Ducasse is a verifiable culinary force. He operates a number of restaurants including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars (the top ranking) in the Michelin Guide. The name Alain Ducasse has become synonymous with fine dining. He was born in Orthez, but educated on a farm in Castel-Sarrazin in southwestern France. He began his culinary journey in 1972 with an apprenticeship at the Pavillon Landais restaurant in Soustons. From there, Ducasse sweated his way through the ranks of several French kitchens, eventually landing at Moulin de Mougins where he began playing with the contours of the Provençale cuisine for which he is now so very, very well known. Head chef positions followed, and soon enough Ducasse was earning his first Mic