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Nicolas Aubry
Chef
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i. Biography
Before Ezia in Montlivault, France, the path for Nicolas Aubry was already set by one thing made plain at school and another learned at home: structure at Ferrandi-Paris, and a family table where cooking was normal, not professionalized. The work starts there. In Aubry’s case, the discipline of formal training met a household in which food mattered as a shared practice, and that combination points to a cook who moved early from habit to method. Speed of entry mattered just as much as training. Aubry describes studies as a pause he was willing to shorten, not extend: “I saw studies as a way to wait before really getting started in working life. But I did not want to wait.” That impatience is not decorative; it reads like a working attitude. “It was Ferrandi or nothing!” fixes the decision in place, with the kind of certainty that often shows up early in a chef’s career.
Coming Up
At Ferrandi-Paris, Nicolas Aubry got the technical base that would carry him into opening service, where he became assistant chef for the launch of La Maison d’à côté at La Maison d’à Côté (from 2014). Opening a room asks for a cook who can absorb pressure, keep the line steady, and help turn an empty kitchen into a working one. That assignment put Aubry in that environment early, with the demands of first service shaping the pace of the years that followed. From 2018–2022, Nicolas Aubry served as chef exécutif at Christophe Hay's restaurants, then moved to Ezia (since 2022) as chef. The sequence is a clear one: training, opening experience, executive responsibility, then the chef’s post. Read that way, the career shows the practical accumulation of kitchen control, service judgment, and enough command to define a restaurant’s rhythm.
Where They Are Now
He is chef at Ezia in Montlivault. The current role sits at the end of a route built through school, opening work, and executive leadership, with each step adding more responsibility without breaking the thread. For Aubry, the present job is less a departure than the point where those earlier stages meet.
In Their Words “I saw studies as a way to wait before really getting started in working life. But I did not want to wait.”
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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Where did Nicolas Aubry train or study?
Nicolas Aubry trained at Ferrandi-Paris.
What recognition has Nicolas Aubry received?
Michelin star (2015).
