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Cyril Lignac (born 5 November 1977 in Rodez, Aveyron) is a French chef and TV presenter.

Biography

Cyril Lignac entered culinary school of Villefranche-de-Rouergue and received a professional diploma at the age of 20. After training in Aveyron, at first he worked at the Arpeggio (three Michelin stars), the Parisian restaurant of Alain Passard. He then continued his training under Pierre Hermé at Korova, Alain Ducasse at “Grande Cascade”, and the Pourcel brothers at the “Maison Blanche” and the “Jardin des Sens”. In 2004, he ran La Suite in Paris. In 2005, he opened his own restaurant in Paris: le Quinzième Cuisine Attitude.

He participated in various cooking shows on the French television channel M6: "Yes chef !", "Chef, the recipe", "Live in canteen !" and more recently "Get Chef'd". He has written several successful cookbooks: "Chef generation"; "Chef 80 recettes", "Gourmands", and a book made for and with the children "Cyril Lignac & small Chefs."

In March 2007, he began to publish a bi-weekly magazine Cook by Cyril Lignac (published by Paperbox).

The same year, he voiced Lalo in the French version of "Ratatouille," the studio Pixar movie, released in August 2007.

In October 2007, his official Internet site was launched. Since September 2008, he has run a 1908 Parisian bar, the “Chardenoux”, registered as a French Monument historique.

In 2011: Following the success of Chardenoux, Chief Cyril Lignac offers cuisine bistro in Saint Germain quarter. The same year, he opened La Pâtisserie in collaboration with former Fauchon pastry Chef, Benoit Couvrand.

Other activities

TV programmes

Cyril Lignac was spotted by producer Bibiane Godfroid, which bought the rights of the show Jamie's Kitchen by Jamie Oliver and broadcast on Channel 4. He became a media figure by participating in several programs broadcast on M6. In February 2010, he became member of the jury of Top Chef shows on M6.

He voices the character of Lalo in the French version of the Pixar animation movie, Ratatouille, released in 2007 and which story deals with french gastronomy.

Publications

Cyril Lignac signed forty cookbooks, including Génération Chef, Cuisine Attitude et Chef le Vin, cowritten with sommelier Jérôme Moreau. Edited by Hachette Pratique, his book collection has been sold in more than 1,500 000 copies according to Gala magazine. Since 2007, he is editorial adviser for the bimonthly magazineCuisineby Cyril Lignac, published by Paper Box.

References

1. Ratatouille, Allocine, retrieved 27 April 2011

External links

• Cyril Lignac official website
• Cyril Lignac TV culinary shows trailers
• Culinary Critic about the Restaurant "le Quinzième"
• Article about the Restaurant « le Chardenoux »
• Cyril Lignac on Facebook
• Website of the restaurant "Le quinzième"

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