Hélène Darroze heads four kitchens and they are no ordinary establishments. Her eponymous restaurant at The Connaught in London has three Michelin stars and Marsan par Hélène Darroze in Paris has two. Jòia is also in the French capital while a fourth restaurant at Villa La Coste in Provence opened in 2021. Darroze is a fourth-generation chef who grew up in her family’s restaurant. After earning a business degree, she trained with Alain Ducasse and opened her first restaurant in Paris in 1999, earning her first star in 2001. She divides her time between London and Paris.
