Dior names Yannick Alléno as new chef at 30 Montaigne

Dior has appointed the famed French chef Yannick Alléno to be the culinary king of the Monsieur Dior restaurant at 30 Montaigne, the brand’s outrageously luxe Paris flagship.

A three-star Michelin chef, Alléno will also be responsible for La Pâtisserie – renamed “Le Jardin” – and Le Café: three venues dedicated to that French specialty – the art of living – located in the townhouse that saw the birth of the fashion house in 1946.

Very much a gastronomic revolutionary, Alléno is renowned for reinventing French cuisine by employing innovative techniques such as fermentation, extraction, and cryoconcentration to elevate sauces and capture the essence of flavors.

Alléno first began attracting attention as the chef of the five-star Hotel Meurice in Paris before going on to collaborate with Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, which controls Dior, at the 1947 restaurant in Cheval Blanc Courchevel, another brand within the luxury conglomerate.

“What would Christian Dior do if he were to create a restaurant today?” Alléno asked himself before creating an exclusive menu for Dior.

His new menu is designed like a collection, where forms and textures echo the couture universe, the archives, and Dior looks. Key inspirations include nature and flowers, about which Monsieur Dior was so passionate.

Yannick Alléno is, in 2025, the most Michelin-starred chef in the world, with 18 restaurants crowned with 17 stars in the Michelin Guide. Monsieur Dior becomes the nineteenth establishment under his direction.