Yannick Alléno

Chef Yannick Alléno’s name is synonymous with creativity and innovation in gastronomy. In a career spanning four decades, the chef, who was born in Puteaux, on the outskirts of Paris, has continually strived to identify the essence of classic French cuisine, and make it thoroughly modern. Alléno’s preoccupation with classic French sauces forms the basis for much of his work; he has called sauce “the verb of French cuisine”. He has a portfolio of restaurants from Asia to the Middle East, multiple Michelin-starred ventures in France, including the three-star restaurants Alléno Paris and Le 1947 in Courchevel, and now Michelin-starred Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons Park Lane.