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 three years. He then went on to work with Pierre Gagnaire at his eponymous restaurant in Saint-Étienne (now closed), then with Alain Passard at "L'Arpège", where he trained in what he describes as "the school of fire," learning to control and play with heat. Ludo concluded his formal French training with Guy Martin at "Le Grand Vefour", from whom he states that he learned the business side of the food service industry. In 1996, Lefebvre moved to Los Angeles where he began work at "L'Orangerie" at the invitation of Gilles Epie, who was the head chef at the time. About