We know Hélène Darroze, the famous starred chef who is each year in the cast of Top chef but we know less about the mother than she is. However, Philippe Etchebest’s accomplice has two daughters, Charlotte and Quitterie, which she adopted in Vietnam in 2007 and 2009 at a time in her life when she wanted to devote herself to her private life. And it is as a bachelor that she has always been raising them. But over the years, and still passionate about her work, Hélène Darroze has had to make concessions.
“I was a mother at 40, adopting my daughters at the only time, no doubt, when I granted myself a truce. Now they are 12 and 14, but you can imagine that it was necessary to form a small nucleus of people around me so that I could reconcile my life as a mother and as a chef, with all the responsibilities and time constraints that this implies“, she explained to Sophie Davant during an interview for her magazine S. Thus, Hélène Darroze does not hide being greatly helped: “As soon as I could afford it financially, I hired two nannies, one day and one night. It hasn’t been easy every day. “
This configuration undoubtedly leaves very little time for the chef to spend time with her daughters, but fortunately this has not succeeded in tainting their bond. Hélène Darroze also underlines how much they are “unbelievable“. The two sisters are also already sure of themselves when it comes to preparing for their future and it will be kept away from the stove!”My daughter Charlotte, 14, who is a very deep, thoughtful and curious person, wants to become a psychiatrist. And Quitterie, 12, asked me one day if I knew Yale… She explained to me that this was where she wanted to go when she was oldere “, she confided.