Léa Linster (born 27 April 1955) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...

, and a

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winner of the 1989

Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d'Or (the ''Concours mondial de la cuisine'', World Cooking Contest) is a biennial world chef championship. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, the event takes place during two days near the end of January in Lyon, France, at the SIRHA Inter ...

, the first and to date only woman to accomplish this.Curtis, Stephanie. ''Food Arts'' (May, 2006)
Women who wear toques
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Léa Linster
Masters of Australian Food and Win
Leading Ladies of World Cuisine
/ref> Having received a

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in 1987, Linster owns the restaurants ''Restaurant Léa Linster'', ''Au Quai de la Gare and Kaschthaus'', and has been named ''Maître Cuisinier'' of Luxembourg, awarded the Gastronomic Golden Key from

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in 1996 and the Michele Schumacher Award in 2002. She appeared in the

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

edition of the TV series ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'' in 2006 and in the episodes ''Aus der Traum'' and ''Der Tote vom Straßenrand'' as Linde-Wirtin in 2007. In January and February 2011, she was responsible for the menus served in

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first and business class. Léa Linster has a son.

Bibliography

* ''Einfach und genial. Die Rezepte der Spitzenköchin Lea Linster'', 2002 * ''Best of Léa Linster Cuisinière'', 2003 * ''Rundum genial! Neue Rezepte der Spitzenköchin Lea Linster'', 2005 * ''Kochbuch Lea Linster - Cuisinière'', 2006 * ''Kochen mit Liebe: neue Rezepte der Spitzenköchin Lea Linster'', 2007

Awards (selection)

* 1983: Grand Prix Mandarine Napoléon * 1987: First

* 1987: ''Maître cuisinier'' of Luxembourg * 1989: Bocuse d'Or * 1989: Trophée Europe * 1996: Gastronomic Golden Key from

* 2002: Michele Schumacher Award * 2007: Fondation du Mérite Européen

References

External links

Léa Linster official site
1955 births Living people Luxembourgian chefs Women chefs Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants {{luxembourg-stub