Anne-Sophie Pic

Anne-Sophie Pic
Born	(1969-07-12) July 12, 1969 Valence, Drôme, France
Occupation(s)	Chef, restaurateur
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Reclaiming three Michelin stars for Maison Pic; first female chef with 10 Michelin stars

Anne-Sophie Pic (, born 12 July 1969) is a distinguished French chef, celebrated for reclaiming the three Michelin stars awarded to her family’s establishment, Maison Pic, located in southeastern France. She stands as the fourth woman ever to achieve the prestigious three-star Michelin rating and was honored as the Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2011. Presently, Pic holds a total of 10 Michelin stars, the most ever granted to a female chef.

Biography

Anne-Sophie Pic was born in Valence, Drôme, France, into a culinary lineage as the daughter of chef Jacques Pic and granddaughter of André Pic, who originally secured Maison Pic’s three Michelin stars in 1934. Although she initially pursued management studies abroad with internships at Cartier and Moët & Chandon, she returned to the family restaurant at age 23 in 1992 to apprentice under her father. Following his death, she transitioned to managing the front of house but resumed kitchen responsibilities after the restaurant lost its third Michelin star in 1995. Without formal culinary education, she assumed leadership of Maison Pic in 1997.

In 2007, Pic succeeded in restoring Maison Pic’s three Michelin stars, marking her as only the fourth female chef to reach this level. That same year, she was the only woman featured on Le Figaro’s list of France’s twenty wealthiest chefs.

Her international expansion includes opening Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic in Lausanne, Switzerland, within the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel; this venue has maintained two Michelin stars since 2009. Her initial Parisian venture, La Dame de Pic, launched in 2012 and earned one Michelin star.

In 2017, Pic introduced La Dame de Pic at London’s Four Seasons Hotel, which received a Michelin star within its first year and was elevated to two stars by 2020. She further expanded with La Dame de Pic at Singapore’s Raffles Hotel in 2019; it was awarded one Michelin star before closing in 2024.

At the end of 2020, she opened La Dame de Pic - Le 1920 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Megève, France, which gained its first Michelin star in 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pic ventured into casual dining by launching a food truck named Pic-up in Valence specializing in hamburgers.

She is married to David Sinapian and they have one son. Pic served as a judge for the Prix Versailles competitions in 2015 and 2016 and appeared as a judge on The Final Table television series in 2018.

Michelin-starred restaurants associated with Anne-Sophie Pic and their highest rating

Name	Location	Rating
Pic	Valence, France	Template:Michelin stars table cell
Pic Beau-Rivage Palace (2024-present)	Lausanne, Switzerland	Template:Michelin stars table cell
La Dame de Pic	Paris, France	Template:Michelin stars table cell
La Dame de Pic - Le 1920	Megève, France	Template:Michelin stars table cell
La Dame de Pic	Dubai, Template:Country data UAE	Template:Michelin stars table cell
Cristal Room by La Dame de Pic	Template:Country data Hong Kong	Template:Michelin stars table cell

Closed restaurants

Name	Location	Rating
Anne-Sophie Pic (2009-2023)	Lausanne, Switzerland	Template:Michelin stars table cell
La Dame de Pic (2017-2025)	London, United Kingdom	Template:Michelin stars table cell
La Dame de Pic (2019-2024)	Singapore	Template:Michelin stars table cell

Awards

In 2011, Anne-Sophie Pic was honored with the Veuve Clicquot World's Best Female Chef title, awarded by the British publication Restaurant as part of the World's 50 Best Restaurants program. This first-ever accolade was highly competitive, with Pic contending closely against Elena Arzak and Nadia Santini. At that point, she stood out as the sole female chef in France to hold three Michelin stars.

On 14 July 2011, she received the distinction of Chevalier (Knight) within the French Legion of Honour.

Earlier, in 2009, Pic was recognized with the Eckart Witzigmann Award, celebrating her outstanding achievements in culinary art.