Katell Guillou (born 1972) is a French restaurateur who runs two one-star Michelin restaurants in

Schouweiler Schouweiler ( lb, Schuller) is a small town in the commune of Dippach, in south-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french ...

, Luxembourg: "Toit pour Toi" and "Guillou Campagne".

Biography

Born on 15 December 1972 in

Bastogne Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne, ...

, Belgium, Katell Guillou is the daughter of Lysiane and Pierrick Guillou who have operated Michelin-starred restaurants in Luxembourg since the 1970s. They first opened the "Saint Michel" in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

in 1972 and then the "La Table des Guilloux" in Schouweiler in 1993 which went on to earn two Michelin stars. After matriculating from the Institut Pilatre des Roziers in

Moulins-lès-Metz Moulins-lès-Metz (, ''Moulins near Metz''; german: Mühlen bei Metz) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 Co ...

with a literary

baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...

, Katell Guillou entered the restaurant business, managing the catering business her parents had established in the centre of Luxembourg City. Thereafter she spent ten years working for the caterer Pascal Brasseur, adding to the knowledge of gastronomy she had already acquired from her father. In 1999, she heard from her mother that the property adjoining the "Table des Guilloux" was for sale. She immediately decided she could open her own restaurant there. Her father took care of the major renovation work while she completed the interior. After almost a year's work, the "Toit pour Toit" was opened on 31 December 1999. Six years later the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star. Following the closure of "La Table des Guilloux" on her parents' retirement, Katell Guillou acquired the property, undertook substantial renovation work and opened "Guillou Campagne" in 2009. In 2015, the restaurant was granted a Michelin star.

References

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