Dominique Crenn, who is originally from Brittany, began her culinary apprenticeship in 1988 in San Francisco at Jeremiah Tower and Mark Franz's restaurant Stars. She then became the first woman executive chef in Indonesia when she worked at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jakarta. In 2009, upon her return to San Francisco, she was awarded her first star while working at Luce*. Her dream came true in 2011 when she opened the restaurant Atelier Crenn*** where she expressed a contemporary ode to cuisine. In 2018, she became the first woman to receive three Michelin stars in the United States.
The perfect embodiment of the values of international opening, feminism, excellence and modernity in cooking, Dominique Crenn is the ideal chef to be the Honorary President of the Bocuse d'Or Grand Finale.
