Arnaud Donckele
Chef de Cuisine (Plénitude in Paris)
Current restaurants
- Plénitude (Chef de Cuisine)
- La Vague d'Or (Chef de Cuisine)
CV and info
Date of birth
29.03.1977
in
Rouen, FR
Training
Gourmand Prunier in Paris
CV
Les Prés d'Eugénie, Chef Michel Guérard in Eugénie-
les-Bains,
Le Louis XV with Alain Ducasse in Monaco
Plaza Athénée by Alain Ducasse in Paris
Lasserre, Chef Jean-Louis Nomicos, Paris
2005: Arnaud Donckele becomes the Chef of La Vague d'Or in St-Tropez
2021: Arnaud Donckele becomes the Chef of Plénitude, the gastronomic table of Cheval Blanc
Paris
les-Bains,
Le Louis XV with Alain Ducasse in Monaco
Plaza Athénée by Alain Ducasse in Paris
Lasserre, Chef Jean-Louis Nomicos, Paris
2005: Arnaud Donckele becomes the Chef of La Vague d'Or in St-Tropez
2021: Arnaud Donckele becomes the Chef of Plénitude, the gastronomic table of Cheval Blanc
Paris
Awards
2010: second star in the Michelin Guide
2013: third star in the Michelin Guide. At 35, he becomes one of the youngest Chefs in the
world to receive this distinction
2015: Arnaud Donckele publishes
Ma Provence, recettes de chef (Flammarion)
2016: 5 toques and 19/20 in the Gault & Millau Guide
2017: 19,5/20 in the Gault & Millau Guide
2018: Arnaud Donckele is crowned best Chef in the world by his peers at the World Chef
Summit in Monaco
2020: Arnaud Donckele is crowned Chef of the Year by the Gault & Millau Guide
2021: La Vague d'Or is ranked second-best restaurant in the world by La Liste which ranks the
1,000 best restaurants in the world
2013: third star in the Michelin Guide. At 35, he becomes one of the youngest Chefs in the
world to receive this distinction
2015: Arnaud Donckele publishes
Ma Provence, recettes de chef (Flammarion)
2016: 5 toques and 19/20 in the Gault & Millau Guide
2017: 19,5/20 in the Gault & Millau Guide
2018: Arnaud Donckele is crowned best Chef in the world by his peers at the World Chef
Summit in Monaco
2020: Arnaud Donckele is crowned Chef of the Year by the Gault & Millau Guide
2021: La Vague d'Or is ranked second-best restaurant in the world by La Liste which ranks the
1,000 best restaurants in the world
