Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch is a French chef perhaps best known for her stint as the first female chef for the President of France. [1]
Mazet-Delpeuch is a native of the Périgord region of France. [2]
Since the 1970s, Mazet-Delpeuch has been a culinary teacher, [2] and was noted as a pioneer of culinary tourism in France. [3] She eventually got the attention of Joël Robuchon, who recommended her to then French President François Mitterrand. She served as Mitterrand's personal chef from 1988 to 1990. [2] In that role, she cooked dinners for Mitterrand's family, as wells as guests such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher. [3]
10 years after her stint as Mitterrand's chef, Mazet-Delpeuch worked as a cook for a French research base in the Crozet islands for over a year. [4] [2] [5] She applied for the job after seeing an ad online, and despite being told they were not looking for a woman or someone over the age of 50 (Mazet-Delpeuch was 60 at the time), she got the job. [5]
If you like the film (and I suspect that many people will) you might be interested in Danièle Delpeuch's book, Carnets de cuisine, Du Périgord à l'Elysée, even if the film is based more on her life than on the book.
Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch is a French chef perhaps best known for her stint as the first female chef for the President of France. [1]
Mazet-Delpeuch is a native of the Périgord region of France. [2]
Since the 1970s, Mazet-Delpeuch has been a culinary teacher, [2] and was noted as a pioneer of culinary tourism in France. [3] She eventually got the attention of Joël Robuchon, who recommended her to then French President François Mitterrand. She served as Mitterrand's personal chef from 1988 to 1990. [2] In that role, she cooked dinners for Mitterrand's family, as wells as guests such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher. [3]
10 years after her stint as Mitterrand's chef, Mazet-Delpeuch worked as a cook for a French research base in the Crozet islands for over a year. [4] [2] [5] She applied for the job after seeing an ad online, and despite being told they were not looking for a woman or someone over the age of 50 (Mazet-Delpeuch was 60 at the time), she got the job. [5]
If you like the film (and I suspect that many people will) you might be interested in Danièle Delpeuch's book, Carnets de cuisine, Du Périgord à l'Elysée, even if the film is based more on her life than on the book.