Dominique Crenn

Chef-Owner, Atelier Crenn, Petit Crenn, Bar Crenn; San Francisco, CA

DOMINIQUE CRENN, chef/owner of three-Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn of San Francisco, focuses on cuisine as a craft and the community as an inspiration. She began her formal culinary training when she moved to San Francisco in 1988 to work at Stars, under Jeremiah Tower and Mark Franz. In 2011, Dominique opened Atelier Crenn, a deeply personal project, where her heritage and ode to “poetic culinaria” is embodied through the whimsical creations she shares with her guests. Atelier Crenn received its first Michelin star in 2011, its second in 2012, and its third in 2018, making Dominique the first female chef in the U.S. to garner that honor. In the summer of 2015, Dominique opened her second restaurant in, Petit Crenn, where she presents the core of her culinary upbringing and inspiration in a more casual setting. Dominique was named the World’s Best Female Chef by The World’s 50 Best organization in 2016; Best Chef: West by the James Beard Foundation in 2018; and in 2019 Atelier Crenn was named to the World's 50 Best Restaurants at no. 35; she also then received a star for her most recent creation, Bar Crenn. As an active member of the international culinary community, Crenn promotes innovation, sustainability, and equality through her participation with various panels and summits. In 2019, Dominique announced that all of her restaurants would stop serving land-based meat in an attempt to effect real environmental change. Dominique is the author of Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste, published in 2015. (San Francisco, CA) @dominiquecrenn

Dominique will participate in the “Food, Climate, and Crisis: How Can Chefs Be Most Effective Leaders for Near- and Long-Term Change?” discussion on May 13 (Week One).