Jean-Luc Rabanel (born 14 January 1964) is a French chef, two stars at the

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. He is the owner of the restaurant ''L'Atelier'' located in

Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...

since 2006.

Career

Jean-Luc Rabanel received his first

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in 1999 for the restaurant he founded in

Tonneins Tonneins (; oc, Tonens) is a town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of south-western France. It stands above the river Garonne, between Marmande to the west and Agen to the east, and is the first major town below the confluence of the Lot and ...

in 1995. His restaurant ''L'Atelier'' received a Michelin macaron in spring 2007. The same year, Jean-Luc Rabanel was named "extra creator of the year" by the food guide ''Omnivore''. He was named "Chef of the Year 2008" by the

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. The same year, he founded the

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restaurant ''À Côté'', located in Arles. In 2009, he received his second Michelin star for his restaurant ''L'Atelier'', and was also named Chevalier (Knight) of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

in October of that year. In 2012, ''L'Atelier'' received 5 toques and a grade of 19/20 by the Gault Millau, which classes the restaurant among the 16 most prestigious of France.

Cooking style

Jean-Luc Rabanel has been the first Michelin starred chef to cook organic cuisine. Having developed the importance for

vegetarian cuisine Vegetarian cuisine is based on food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products (such as gelatin or animal-derived rennet). Lacto-ovo vegetarianism (the most common type of vegetarianism in the Western world) ...

, he uses vegetables at 80% of his dishes. The restaurant ''L'Atelier'' owns its own organic

vegetable garden The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French ) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. It is used for grow ...

Camargue Camargue (, also , , ; oc, label= Provençal, Camarga) is a region of France located south of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône delta. The eastern arm is called the ''Grand Rhône''; the western one is the ''P ...

Honours

*Chevalier of the

(2009)

References

External links

Official site
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Career

Cooking style

Honours

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