In an underground kitchen just a few steps from the Eiffel Tower, a woman named Kadidiatou stands at a stainless steel counter ripping the heads off of live lobsters, removing their claws and ...

French chef and culinary impresario Alain Ducasse sits atop a mountain of lauded restaurants, hotels, and Michelin stars. Raised in southwestern France and apprenticed at his first kitchen at age 16, ...

When three-star Michelin French chef Alain Ducasse was asked to create the menu at IDAM, the gorgeous Phillipe Starck–designed restaurant on the top floor of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, he made ...

Below, the press release announcing the award; the 2013 World’s 50 Best list will be announced in London on April 29. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER 2013: ALAIN DUCASSE Alain Ducasse has pushed the ...

You’ve probably dined at Daniel Humm’s Eleven Madison Park or Alain Ducasse’s Le Meurice. Maybe you’ve eaten at both restaurants. But you probably haven’t had both chefs cook for you at once. Well, ...

After amassing 30-plus restaurants, 14 chocolate shops and 21 Michelin stars, legendary French chef Alain Ducasse could be forgiven for resting on his laurels. But the 63-year-old shows no signs of ...

With two new restaurants on the cards this year and having won back his third star for his flagship Paris restaurant at the Plaza Athénée last Monday at the 2016 Michelin Guide awards, the celebrated ...

LONDON (Reuters) - French chef Alain Ducasse was given a lifetime achievement award on Monday by The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards for "pushing the boundaries of excellence in cooking" over a ...

A tranche of wild sea bass with green-pea-and-rocket emulsion and mousserons des prés mushrooms sounds more like a three-star Michelin meal than a cookery-class assignment. But it’s exactly the kind ...

Under a bald lightbulb, the table was set. Weighty silver on virgin linen, swan-necked wine decanters, crystal glasses, and glistening china—a pinpoint of elegance amid the chaos of Alain Ducasse’s ...