L'Arpège is a restaurant in Paris

Paris

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, France

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. The chef is Alain Passard

Alain Passard

Alain Passard is a French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris.The son of musicians, Passard is also passionate about music, playing the saxophone. He recently released his first book, Les Recettes des Drôles de Petites Bêtes, a recipe book written especially for children...

. It was previously known as L'Archestrate, owned by his former mentor Alain Senderens from whom he bought it in 1986.

It earned one star in the Michelin

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 Guide in its first year and one more to earn two. It earned three stars in 1996 which it has maintained.

The restaurant was voted 46th best in the world in The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants

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in 2008.