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| Born | December 26, 1994 |
| Occupation | Chef |
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| Cooking style | French; Mediterranean |
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Julia Sedefdjian (born 1994, in Nice, France) is a French chef.
Julia Sedefdjian | |
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| Born | December 26, 1994 |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | French; Mediterranean |
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Current restaurant(s)
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Julia Sedefdjian (born 1994, in Nice, France) is a French chef.
Sedefdjian was born on 26 December 1994 to a real estate agent father of Armenian descent and a radiologist mother of Sicilian ancestry, in Nice, at the Alpes-Maritimes of France, and has two brothers. [1]
After abandoning her veterinarian studies, she enters, at fourteen years of age, in 2009, the École hôtelière de Nice. She obtains a Certificat d'aptitude professionnelle in cooking and then in pastry, and starts working as an apprentice at the Aphrodite restaurant of Nice under controversial [2] chef David Faure, where she learns, among other culinary ways, about molecular cuisine. [3]
In 2012, she wins the first prize in the regional competition for "Best Apprentice". [1]
The same year, in 2012, she moves to Paris where she finds administrative work at the Michelin starred Les Fables de La Fontaine restaurant and, within one year, she's appointed sous-chef under Anthony David. In 2015, following David's departure, Sedefdjian takes up the top position. [4]
At Les Fables de La Fontaine, and after her total revision of the menu, she retains in 2016 the restaurant's Michelin star becoming the youngest ever chef to win the award.
After two years directing the Fontaine cuisine, Sedefdjian, taking with her sous-chef Sébastien Jean-Joseph and manager Gregory Anelka, departs to open La Baieta [n 1] in the city's 5th arrondissement. Her menu offers Mediterranean cuisine at ostensibly "affordable prices."
In 2019, La Baieta earns one star, making Sedefdjian the youngest French chef to ever win a Michelin star. [5]
As of 2022, female chefs and head cooks hold approximately one fifth of the total workforce in restaurants globally. [6] Women chefs are a small minority in top restaurants, while they are a rarity among Michelin-starred chefs world wide, as well as in France. [n 2] [7] [8] [9]
Sedefdjian is a lesbian and lives with her partner, Adélie. In 2021, they had a child born by Adélie through assisted reproductive technology in Portugal. [10] [n 3] [11]
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