Arnaud Lallement
L’Assiette Champenoise

www.assiettechampenoise.com/en/

Cooking at:
Petite Montagne de Reims Dinner
Gala Dinner

Arnaud Lallement always wanted to be a chef. From the earliest age, he would watch his father, Jean-Pierre, at the stoves in the kitchens of the family restaurant in Châlons-sur-Vesle. It was he who handed down to the young Arnaud all his passion and skill and who would guide his career.

At 18, with a diploma from the Strasbourg Hotel & Catering College in his pocket, Arnaud went off to learn his trade alongside the great names in French cuisine, like Roger Vergé, chef of the legendary Moulin de Mougins, Michel Guérard, one of the longest-standing 3-star chefs in France, and Alain Chapel and his famous establishment in Mionnay.

Since taking over the kitchen at L’Assiette Champenoise in 1998, Arnaud has greatly added to the reputation of the family establishment, receiving a second Michelin star in 2006 and a coveted third in 2014, which he has maintained to this day.

Arnaud is a demanding cook, whose every dish is carefully thought out and perfected, so his kitchen teams knows exactly what he wants. Over the years, he has focused on the purity of ingredients and finding winning combinations through an incredible hidden technique.

His method concentrates on the essential: the taste. “Mangez vrai!” is his favorite motto. Every flavor is marked, with two major constants on which the chef doesn’t compromise: using the most beautiful products and assuring an adequate acidity to give the desire to repeat the experience.