Cyril Lignac facts for kids
Cyril Lignac during a signing session at the Salon du Chocolat 2017
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| Born | 5 November 1977 Rodez, France |
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Current restaurant(s)
Le Quinzième (one Michelin-starred), Le Chardenoux, Aux Prés
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Television show(s)
Yes chef !, chef, the recipe, Live in canteen !, Get Chef'd, Top Chef, the Great Bake Off
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Cyril Lignac (born November 5, 1977) is a very famous French chef. He owns several popular restaurants and pastry shops in Paris, France.
You might also know him from his many cooking shows on French TV. He has written over 40 cookbooks, selling millions of copies! He even has his own cooking workshop called Cuisine Attitude, where people can learn to cook and bake.
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About Cyril Lignac
Becoming a Chef
Cyril Lignac started learning to cook in his home region of Aveyron in Southwestern France. In 2000, he moved to Paris to work in the kitchen of L'Arpège, a famous restaurant run by chef Alain Passard. He also improved his skills with other top chefs like Jacques and Laurent Pourcel.
Opening His Own Restaurants
In 2005, Cyril Lignac opened his very own fancy restaurant in Paris called Le Quinzième. Later, in 2008, he took over a historic Parisian bistro named Le Chardenoux. He even opened another bistro, Aux Prés, in a different part of Paris in 2011.
That same year, Cyril Lignac started a new project. He teamed up with Benoît Couvrand to open La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac, a pastry shop in Paris. They opened a second pastry shop in 2013.
Michelin Star Award
Cyril Lignac received his first Michelin Guide star on February 27, 2012. This special award was for his gourmet restaurant Le Quinzième. A Michelin star is a very high honor for a restaurant, showing it has excellent food.
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TV Shows
Cyril Lignac became a well-known TV personality by appearing in many cooking shows on the French TV channel M6. He was first noticed by a producer who bought the rights to a show similar to Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Kitchen.
Here are some of his popular TV programs:
- 2005: Oui chef !
- 2006: Chef, la recette !
- 2007: Vive la cantine !
- 2009: Chef Contre Attaque
- 2010: MIAM : Mon invitation à manger (which means "My invitation to eat")
- From 2011: "100% Terroirs"
- 2012: Le Chef en France, a show about French regions and their traditional foods.
- 2012: Le Meilleur Pâtissier, which is the French version of The Great British Bake Off, a baking competition for amateur bakers.
- 2020: Tous en cuisine, a show where he cooks a meal live with families watching from home.
- 2020: Chef contre chef
Cookbooks
Cyril Lignac has published about 40 cookbooks! Some of his well-known books include Génération Chef and Cuisine Attitude. In 2012, he also released a "Best of" cookbook with another famous chef, Alain Ducasse. For several years, he was also an editor for a cooking magazine named after him.
Helping the Community
In 2008, Cyril Lignac was chosen to support a program called Un fruit pour la récré. This program, supported by the French Ministry of Agriculture, gives free fruits to children in schools.
Awards and Honors
On May 11, 2009, Cyril Lignac received the title of Chevalier of the Order of Agricultural Merit. This is an honor given by the French government for services to agriculture.
In 2012, besides getting his first Michelin star for Le Quinzième, he was also named "Chef of the Year" by GQ Magazine.
