Our team
Our Chef
Le Chef, MELIN Christophe
I was born in Villiers-Semeuse (Ardennes). My parents are Régine and Francis and I’ve got an elder sister, Caroline. I am married with Geraldine and we have three kids: Victor, Eliott and Néo. I started to study in a hotel school in 1987, when I was sixteen, and I graduate in 1989 (BEP cook).
1990-1991 : military service in the Marines
1991 : Le Cheval Blanc à Sept Sault (Marne), * Michelin
1991-1992 : Le Chardonnais à Reims (Marne), * Micheli
1992-1993 : La Cardinale à Baix (Ardèche), Relais & Châteaux
1993 : Le Manoir Aux Quatre Saisons à Oxford (Royaume-Uni), ** Michelin
1993-1997 : Le Chat Botté à Roost Warendin (Nord)
1998 : Opening of La Clef des Champs
2002 : Member of l'Académie Nationale Cuisine
Juillet 2007 : Nomination « Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit »
In the kitchen
Toshikatsu TAKAHASHI, a Japanese cook from Lida, in Nagano region, seconded me since September 2003. Jonathan and Brisse are working with us.
Christophe MELIN and Toshikatsu TAKAHASHI
Jonathan DELHORBE
Floor personal
Mrs. MELIN is seconded by Damien BEGHIN, our wine-waiter, and Julie MOREAU, waitress,
Julie MOREAU - waitress
Damien BEGHIN - wine-waiter
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