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Jérôme JAEGLE
Chef : 1 restaurant With his five permaculture gardens, chef Jérôme Jaegle magnifies Alsace's terroir at his Alchémille in Kaysersberg.
"As a child, I was always at my grandmother's side in the kitchen. I loved boning chickens", says Jérôme Jaegle. Born into a family of butchers, pork butchers and caterers, he never asked himself what profession he would pursue. He was going to be a chef, and that was that.
An adventurer, he did his apprenticeship at the Lycée Professionnel in Guebwiller, near Mulhouse, then set off on an adventure to perfect his culinary culture, technical skills and curiosity. He trained with Philippe Gaertner (Aux Armes de France, Ammerschwihr), Christian Têtedoie (Lyon), Jean-Yves Schillinger (JY'S, Colmar) and Olivier Nasti (Chambard, Kaysersberg). A competitor to the core, he has also taken part in a number of competitions: Taittinger national first prize in 2006 and 2008, Bocuse d'or France 2010, Bocuse de bronze Europe 2010 and4th with the special meat jury prize at the Bocuse d'or Monde 2011.
"Once I'd settled in Kaysersberg, I needed to settle down. I asked myself how I was going to exploit everything I'd learned from the great chefs without denying my Alsatian culture. With his wife Marie-Laure, he bought a PMU bar in 2015, which he transformed to create L'Alchémille, renamed Alchémille in 2020. "Alchemilla is a plant known to ease childbirth. When we bought it, Marie-Laure was pregnant. We were looking for our balance. Now that we've found it, we don't need the 'L' anymore."
Over time, the house became firmly established in the Alsatian ecosystem. "At the beginning, we had three plots reserved for market gardening. Today, we have five, managed by a gardener." Jérôme Jaegle now produces 80% of the fruit and vegetables needed for his cooking. "And that's not all. We emphasize fermentation and ripening. At Alchémille, Jérôme Jaegle's dishes express his attachment to the Alsatian terroir, using the techniques instilled in him by the great chefs who trained him. A superb address crowned with Gault&Millau toques.
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