Stéphanie Le Quellec

Stéphanie Le Quellec, born Lecocq^[1] (born December 6, 1981, in Enghien-les-Bains, Île-de-France, France) is a 2-star chef.

Stéphanie Le Quellec
Born	Stéphanie Lecocq (1981-12-06) December 6, 1981 (age 43) Enghiens-les-Bains, France

She won season 2 of Top Chef on M6 in 2011. She is one of the rare female chefs to have received 2 stars from the Michelin guide.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography

Stéphanie Lecocq grew up in Enghien-les-Bains^[7] in a family who loved gastronomy.^[8][9] She started cooking at age 7 or 8. After high school, she spent 5 years studying at the hospitality school Albert-de-Mun, in Paris. She earned her BTS degree at age 19.^[10]

She began her career in 2001 at restaurant Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, where she also met her future husband David Le Quellec, another chef at the restaurant.^[11] Later, they had 3 children (Baptiste, Maxime, and Arthur).^[12] She became sous-chef under Eric Briffard in 2006.^[13]

In 2013, she became head of the restaurant La Scène, in the 5-star hotel Prince de Galles, on the avenue George V in Paris and in 2014, she received her first Michelin star.^[14] In March 2019, a few weeks after receiving her second Michelin star, she left the restaurant.^[15][16]

On October 9, 2019, Le Quellec opened her own restaurant named on Matignon Street in Paris, called La Scène.^[17] On January 27, 2020, her new restaurant received two Michelin stars.

Le Quellec has made several television appearances. In 2011, she was on Season 2 of Top Chef on French television channel M6. In 2017, she was in the short film Ma Mère cuisine mieux que la tienne ! ("My Mom is a Better Cook Than Yours!") on M6.^[9]