Ludo Lefebvre #34 on the Top 100 U.S. Restaurant List for 2015 on the popular blog Opinionated About Dining. In July 2014, Ludo opened his second restaurant, "Petit Trois", his "bar-a-la-carte" concept. Eater LA called it "the most hotly anticipated restaurant opening in 2014." "Petit Trois" is located next door to its sister restaurant, "Trois Mec". It was awarded four stars by "LA Weekly" food critic Besha Rodell, who said, "It is simultaneously one of the most modest and ambitious restaurants to open in recent memory. It's a love letter to another city, written in food, by one of our greatest culinary
Ludo Lefebvre 2013, Los Angeles' Best Restaurant in 2014 and 2016, and named Ludo Best Chef 2015. Lefebvre was born in Auxerre, Burgundy. In his early teens he expressed his desire to be a chef. His father took him to a local restaurant named "Maxime" and asked them to give Lefebvre some menial job in order to discourage him, but he loved it. His love for food began in his childhood, spending many of his days in his grandmother's kitchen. His formal culinary training began at age 14 at the restaurant "L’Esperance" in Vézelay under chef Marc Meneau, where he worked for