Rachel Humphrey is a British

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. She is Head Chef at the two

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-starred London restaurant

Le Gavroche Le Gavroche (''The Urchin'') is a restaurant at 43 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, London. It was opened in 1967 by Michel and Albert Roux at 61 Lower Sloane Street, its premises until 1981. Albert's son Michel Roux Jr is the current chef pat ...

. She joined Le Gavroche as an apprentice on leaving school in 1996, and became first commis in 1998, chef de partie in 2003 and then sous chef in 2004. In 2008 she was promoted to Head Chef, the first female chef at the restaurant in its 40-year history. Humphrey had a three-year break from the restaurant when she worked in the

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catering corps.

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