Hélène Darroze

Her cuisine is an opportunity to share with others her greatest pleasure: creating dishes that are dear to her and to her guests. Her creative flair brings a self-expression that uses emotion as a starting point and is bound by the common thread of authenticity, resulting in dishes and menus full of instinct and emotion, yet always remaining faithful and sensitive to the absolute quality of their core ingredients.

Restaurant Hélène Darroze in the heart of Saint-Germain des Prés on the Left Bank. The restaurant opened to international critical acclaim and was awarded its first Michelin star in 2001 and a second in 2003.

Building on the success of Paris, in 2010, she opened her first restaurant outside France at the historic Connaught Hotel in London’s prestigious Mayfair. Just six months after "Hélène Darroze at the Connaught" launched, it was awarded a Michelin star, with a second following in 2011.

In September 2018, she opened a new venture "JÒIA by Hélène Darroze" in La Bourse (2nd arrondissement) in Paris .