Who is Éric Ripert?

Éric Ripert is a French chef, author, and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood.

Ripert’s flagship restaurant, Le Bernardin, has been ranked among the best restaurants in the world by culinary magazines and S. Pellegrino’s annual list of “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants”.

It holds the maximum ratings of four stars from The New York Times and three stars from the Michelin Guide.

Éric Ripert: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Ripert was born Éric Ripert on 2 March 1965, in  Antibes, France. As of 2023, he is 58 years old. His nationality is French and his ethnicity is European. His father expired when he was just 11 years old later his mother remarried and his stepfather(Hugo) did not treat him well.

He learned to cook at a young age from his grandmother. When he was young, his family moved to Andorra, where he was raised.

His childhood was not normal like the other kids he was around.