Helene Darroze

She is a French chef.  She has three Michelin stars and three restaurants. These restaurants are Hélène Darroze at the Connaught in London, Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris and Moscow.

She began working for Alain Ducasse in the office of the Le Louis XV restaurant in Monaco after graduating from university in 1990. She returned to her family's restaurant and kept its existing Michelin star after working for Ducasse for three years. Then the restaurant suffered financial difficulties and closed in 1999. She opened Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris and won her first Michelin star in 2001, picking up a second in 2003. The second star was lost in the 2010 version of the guide.

She was named as the new chef at the Connaught in London in 2008. she is also responsible for of the hotel's catering services. Hélène Darroze at the Connaught was panned by restaurant critics when it first opened. Food critic Jay Rayner described the food there as "Two of the very worst dishes ever to be served to me at this level". Despite this, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2009, and then a second star two years later in 2011.

In 2012, she was admitted into the French Legion of Honour as a Chevalier (Knight) by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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