Alain LeNôtre

Alain LeNôtre is a French pastry chef and culinary educator who worked in the family business founded in Paris by Gaston and Colette LeNôtre, serving in roles including pâtissier, cuisinier, head of catering, founder of the École LeNôtre, and deputy general manager of LeNôtre Paris. He later left the family company and, with his wife Marie, founded a French pastry-café-caterer chain in Houston and the Culinary Institute Lenôtre in 1998, which has become a major U.S. culinary school. He trained at the three-Michelin-starred Grand Véfour in Paris and has been recognized with French and Houston honors for his work.