This year for the 14th edition of PAF’s most famous cooking competition, M6 has 6 chefs for its star-studded jury! Joining this year will be Hélène Darroze (three stars), Glenn Viel (three stars), Paul Pairet (three stars) and Philippe Etchebest (one star), two women! The former winner of the competition in 2011 (for season 2), Stéphanie Le Quellec, now doubly starred, and Dominique Crenn!
First woman in the United States to be awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide
Born in Versailles, and left at 21 to San Francisco, she is 58 years old, and she is the first woman in the United States to be awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide, for her restaurant Atelier Crenn. She is also the head of Petit Crenn and Bar Crenn. In 2023, she opened her first restaurant in Paris, Golden Poppy, located in the hotel “La Fantaisie” in the 9th arrondissement and released her book “Memoires of a Rebel Chef” on September 28, 2023 in France. editions of Cherche Midi.
In her luggage, she takes with her an American actress that the French know well since it is Maria Bello, 56 years old, seen in the film “Coyote Girls”and in the series “EMERGENCIES”. She has been in a relationship with Dominique Crenn since they met in San Francisco. They got engaged in December 2019, in Paris.
“Maria Bello, fell in love with Paris”
To AFP, she declared about the one who shares her life: “My partner, the American actress Maria Bello, fell in love with Paris”. The couple has had an apartment there for two yearss. And Maria Bello promised that we would often see her in the kitchen!
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