A Delight Of France
Epicure Magazine|September 2019

Beneath Anne-Sophie Pic’s elegant demeanour lies a steely resolve which has earned her the distinction as the fourth female chef to have been awarded three Michelin stars.

Victoria Lim
A Delight Of France

Despite having only five hours of sleep, not a single strand of hair was out of place when we met Anne Sophie Pic, the much lauded female French chef, who was in town in June to launch La Dame De Pic, Raffles Singapore. The 50-year-old was up all morning replying emails and keeping in touch with her culinary teams from around the world. With 10 restaurants and seven Michelin stars under her belt, that’s a lot of work cut out for Pic; it’s a responsibility she takes in her stride since she took over the family’s restaurant business in Valence, France, in 1997. Pic now runs the restaurants with her husband, David Sinapian, as part of the Groupe Pic enterprise.

After her father Jacques Pic’s sudden passing in 1992, Anne-Sophie Pic took over Maison Pic and lost their third Michelin star in 1995. It was only in 2007 that Pic reclaimed their three-star rating and she has been an upward trajectory since. She went on to receive the Eckart Witzigmann Award for excellent culinary art in 2019, then in 14 July 2011, she was named a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honour.

You helm Maison pic, Andre and La dame de pic. how do you ensure that the menus are distinctive of each brand’s concept?

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