Christian Constant

  • He is the Chef who brought the South-West to Paris. Christian Constant is, without a doubt, the most Occitan of all Occitans. A high-end ambassador. A loyal emblem. From Montauban, he kept his accent. And in Paris’s 7th arrondissement, on rue Saint-Dominique, he cultivated his own culinary garden for many years with Le Violon d’Ingres (one Michelin star), Café Constant, and Les Cocottes.

    A “bistronomic” restaurant before the term even caught on, Les Cocottes crossed the Seine in 2015, opening a second address in the heart of the Hotel Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe.

  • Known in the culinary world simply as “Monsieur Constant,” he made a first name for himself before a surname. He was the maestro at the piano of the Hôtel de Crillon, on Place de la Concorde, a post he left in 1996 after seven flawless years, turning the page to a brilliant new chapter in life.

    One of fulfillment, where his style never wavered: bold meets refined might be the phrase that best captures it. Christian Constant’s plates speak truth. They breathe authenticity, sing of fine ingredients, and radiate the philosophy of “eat well to live well.” “I will always prefer the original to the merely original,” he quips—a phrase that fits him like a glove.

  • We always build the future on the foundation of our past, provided we take care to live it fully in the present. Christian Constant was an extraordinary “kitchen father,” at the helm of a whole constellation of stars: Éric Frechon (3 stars), Emmanuel Renaut (3 stars), Jean-François Rouquette (1 star), Yves Camdeborde, Christian Etchebest, Thierry Faucher, Thierry Breton...

    Respected unanimously by his peers and the profession alike, it was only fitting that Christian Constant was named ‘Chef Mentor Europe’ by the Michelin Guide, a tribute to his passion for teaching and passing on his craft.