Christian Constant

LES COCOTTES TOUR EIFFEL
Christian Constant
Born 18 May 1950 (1950-05-18) (age 65)
Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Website www.maisonconstant.com

Culinary career

Christian Constant (born 18 May 1950) is a French chef and entrepreneur. [1]

Early life and career

Christian Constant was born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne in the region of Midi-Pyrénées. He began his career as a chef in 1988 at the Hôtel Crillon in Paris. Afterwards he was appointed chef at the Hôtel Ritz. In 1996 founded his first restaurant Le Violon d'Ingres which received one Michelin star.

He owns today six restaurants with each one their style and their own chef : Le Violon d'Ingres, Le Café Constant, Les Cocottes Tour Eiffel, Les Cocottes Arc-de-Triomphe, restaurants offering traditional recipes cooked in Staub Dutch ovens. All of these are in Paris. He also owns since June 8, 2011 Le Bibent, a brasserie located in Toulouse, and near his hometown, since 2014, Le Bistrot Constant. All of his restaurants are opened 7 days a week.

Television

From 2010 to 2014, he was a member of the jury in the French version of Top Chef on M6. He also presented on the same channel a similar short program titled Astuce de Chef alternatively with the other members of the jury, where he shows some cooking tips while preparing a dish.

References

  1. "Christian Constant". Time Out (magazine). 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links

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