Anne-Sophie Pic
Let's raise our glasses to the women! Anne-Sophie Pic has the most Michelin stars of any female chef, with eight across her five restaurants. Anne-Sophie Pic (born July 12, 1969) is a French chef who is most known for earning three Michelin stars for her restaurant in southeast France, Maison Pic. She is the fourth female cook to receive three Michelin stars, and The World's 50 Best Restaurants awarded her the Best Female Chef in 2011.
She grew raised at her family's restaurant, Maison Pic, and is the daughter of chef Jacques Pic. Andre Pic, her grandfather, was a chef who was best known for a crayfish gratin dish and was the first to earn the restaurant three Michelin stars in 1934. She first opted not to follow in their footsteps, opting instead to study management abroad. She interned at different companies in Japan and the United States, including Cartier and Mot & Chandon, but was lured back to the restaurant because of her "passion."
After her father died in 1997, this French chef took over her family's restaurant Maison Pic with no professional culinary training. Pic opened a second restaurant, Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic, in honor of her family's culinary history from Valence, after the restaurant received three stars. Its goal is to demonstrate the inventive, innovative spirit that, according to the Michelin Guide, "binds the Pic family's history to that of French gastronomy."
- Michelin stars: 8
- Born: 12 July 1969 (age 52)Valence, Drôme, France
- Cooking style: French cuisine
- Current restaurants: Maison Pic , Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic , La Dame de Pic (London) , La Dame de Pic (Paris), La Dame de Pic - Le 1920, La Dame de Pic (Singapore)
