Sara Moulton on Anne-Sophie Pic

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Super Chef asked prominent women chefs around the country for their reaction to the recent news that Chef Anne-Sophie Pic had received a third star from Michelin. She is the first woman chef to win a third star in 56 years (see previous article). Sara Moulton told Super Chef: My reaction of course is Hooray!!! As bad as it has been in this country for women to break into the restaurant world, it is really impossible to do do in France. I experienced the male chauvinism when I worked in a 1-star restaurant there in the late 70s and again 5 years ago when we taped a show with a woman chef in Paris (who had had a hard time). I think the reason there have not been more women chefs in New York City for all these years is because the French chefs had a stanglehold on all the top restaurants and did not want to hire women either in the back or the front of the house. I applied to a 3 star restaurant when I first came to town in 1981 and although the French chef owner was tres charmant and apologetic that he had no opening, I was told afterwords by a man who had worked with him that the chef would rather close his restaurant than hire a woman! (See comments by Jody Adams and Mary Sue Milliken.) Previous articles: Woman Chef Wins 3rd Michelin Star Women Chef Bosses Rossant on Rachael Ray's Competition Melissa Perello: Boss Before 30 World Woman Week? Cris Comerford: 2005 Top Food Stories Gordon Ramsay: Women Can't Cook Cristeta Comerford: First White House Woman Chef Mother's Day Gift: Finding Betty Crocker Profile: Jody Adams for White House Chef Profile: Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger for White House Chef Profile: Sara Moulton for White House Chef Results of White House Chef Vote Vote for White House Guest Chefs [White House Woman Chef - complete] Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging --> back to Super Chef