Chef
Jonathan Wahid
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
i. Biography
Since 2012, Jonathan Wahid has been chef-owner of L'Auberge de Saint-Rémy - Fanny Rey & Jonathan Wahid in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, the Provence address he opened after years in Paris pastry rooms and at Oustau de Baumanière. His path runs from the Compagnons du Tour de France and a first major professional experience at Lenôtre to Michelin recognition in 2017 and 2025.
Beginnings
Training came through the Compagnons du Tour de France, a foundation followed by Wahid's first major professional experience at Lenôtre in Paris. The early direction was clear: pastry, precision, and the French dessert canon that would later become one of the signatures of his work. At the Ritz in Paris, he worked as pastry chef. It was also where he met Fanny Rey, with Rey in the kitchen and Wahid in pastry. That detail matters in the arc of his career because their professional paths later converged in Provence, where they would pursue their own place. Eight years at the Ritz came before a move south to Oustau de Baumanière in Provence. There, Wahid served as head pastry chef, adding another major address to a career already shaped by Paris training and high-level dessert work.
The Rise
In 2005, Wahid won the Championnat de France des Desserts title and became French Dessert Champion. The award fixed a public marker on the pastry identity already visible in his resume: modern interpretations of French dessert classics, handled not as nostalgia but as a current craft. After the Ritz years and the move to Oustau de Baumanière, Wahid and Fanny Rey pursued their own place. They opened L'Auberge de Saint-Rémy in July 2012 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, bringing together kitchen and pastry experience formed in Paris and Provence. The restaurant's cooking is Modern Provençal fine dining rooted in regional produce and the agricultural wealth of the Alpilles. That gives Wahid's story its present geography: not only the movement from capital to Provence, but a cuisine tied to the fields and ingredients around Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Today
At the restaurant, Wahid's role has been chef-owner since 2012. The work belongs to a two-name house, L'Auberge de Saint-Rémy - Fanny Rey & Jonathan Wahid, and its recognition has come through the Michelin Guide. The Saint-Rémy-de-Provence restaurant earned one Michelin star in 2017. In 2025, it earned two Michelin stars, a later milestone in the same address that Wahid and Rey opened after their years at the Ritz and the move through Oustau de Baumanière. For readers following French pastry, his name is tied to desserts that interpret French classics in a modern register. For readers following Provence, the current chapter is equally specific: Modern Provençal fine dining grounded in regional produce and the Alpilles.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Jonathan
What is Jonathan Wahid doing now?
Since 2012, Jonathan Wahid has been chef-owner of L'Auberge de Saint-Rémy - Fanny Rey & Jonathan Wahid in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.
Where else has Jonathan Wahid worked?
He has worked at Lenôtre and the Ritz in Paris, and at Oustau de Baumanière in Provence.
Where did Jonathan Wahid begin their career?
His first major professional experience was at Lenôtre in Paris, after training with the Compagnons du Tour de France.
