Jean-Michel Lorain (born 7 January 1959) is a French chef. He is the owner of the restaurant ''La Côte Saint Jacques'' located in

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, department of

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in the region of

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. With his father Michel Lorain, he was rated 19.5/20 in the

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and had three stars at the

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from 1986 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. He has two Michelin stars since 2015.

Michel Lorain

His father Michel Lorain was born in 1934, son of Marie Lorain, restaurateur who founded ''La Côte Saint Jacques'' in Joigny, Yonne in 1945. Michel Lorain began his training course with a pastry chef and then succeeded to his mother at ''La Côte Saint Jacques'' in 1958 with his wife Jacqueline, a wine waiter. In 1971, Michel Lorain received his first

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and later a second one in 1976. The following year, ''La Côte Saint Jacques'' joined the hotel and restaurant network

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Biography

Jean-Michel Lorain was born on 7 January 1959 in

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at 8 km of

, the son of Jacqueline and Michel Lorain. He obtained a scientific high school final exam before beginning his training course with the famous brothers Pierre and Jean Troisgros in

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in 1977, and later at the famous restaurant ''

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'' in

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with the chef Claude Deligne in 1979. He then made his military service, joined his father at the family restaurant for one year, and worked with the chef

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in 1982 for a year and a half. In 1983, he came back at Joigny to join again his father Michel. He married Brigitte and they have two daughters, Marine and Alexandra. In 1986, Michel and Jean-Michel Lorain received the grade of 19.5/20 at the

and the third Michelin star. He became at age 27 the youngest chef to have three Michelin stars. In 1993, he was named "Chef of the Year" by

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with the exceptional grade of 19.5/20. His father finally retired that year. In 2004, the restaurant ''La Côte Saint Jacques'' recovered its third Michelin star lost in 2001 due to important renovations to improve the establishment, and kept it until 2015.

Honours

* Chevalier of the

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Bibliography

*1987 : ''La Cuisine une passion de père en fils'' by Michel and Jean-Michel Lorain,

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*1995 : ''Desserts en fête'' by Jean-Michel Lorain, Éditions Nathan (for children) *2000 : ''Cuisine émotion'' by Jean Michel Lorain, Éditions Minerva *2006 : ''Les Collections Lorain : Légumes'' by Jean-Michel Lorain, Éditions Glénat *2007 : ''Herbes, salades, et fleurs'' by Jean-Michel Lorain,

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