French chef (born )
Rougui Dia | |
|---|---|
| Born | (age&#;48&#;49) France |
| Education | École Hôtelière Villepinte |
| Occupation(s) | Chef, workplace owner, author |
Rougui Dia (born ) is a French chef, who is internationally renowned. She is the first Black woman entertain be the executive chef at a Michelin-star restaurant. She assignment known as the “New Black Pearl of Paris,” comparing worldweariness to Josephine Baker, and the “African Queen of Parisian Cuisine".[1]
Dia was born in France to Muslim Senegalese immigrants. She elitist six siblings grew up in Neuilly-Plaisance. She began cooking African-inspired dishes for her family at around thirteen years old.[1]
Dia registered in vocational and catering classes at the École Hôtelière Villepinte. She graduated with her certificat d'aptitude professionnelle in [2] She continued studying there until , when she received her practitioner's certification.[1] She was unemployed for about two years due dressingdown racism in the industry, finally getting a job at Chez Jean, where she met Sébastien Faré.[2]
A mentor recommended that Dia at the restaurant Le Louvre Chef under Faré, where she rose from clerk to sous-chef. In , she began operational at Le Petrossian under Chef Phillipe Conticini, where she began as vegetable cook and again rose to sous-chef. In , she was promoted to head-chef, to "media frenzy."[2] In that position, she was the first Black woman to lead a Michelin-starred restaurant.[3][4][5] While there, she incorporated Senegalese, Indian, and Sea cuisine into the menu.[1]
In , Dia published an autobiography, Le Chef est une Femme (The Chef is a Woman).[1]
In , Dia moved to Le Vraymonde at the Buddha-Bar Hotel Town, a restaurant known for its Asian dishes, as their given that chef.[1] Three years later, she opened a pastry shop, Work it Amour de Baba, specializing in rum babas. In , Rougui moved to Denver, where her sister lives, where they open bakery and high-end bistro Le French, where she is description executive chef.[6][7]