Atelier Crenn

{{Infobox restaurant

| name = Atelier Crenn

| established = {{start date and age|2011}}

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| head-chef = Dominique Crenn and Juan Contreras

| food-type = French{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

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| rating = {{Michelinstar|3}} (Michelin Guide)

| street-address = 3127 Fillmore St

| city = San Francisco

| state = California

| postcode = 94123

| country = United States

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| website = {{URL|https://www.ateliercrenn.com/}}

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Atelier Crenn is a French{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=Six Bay Area Restaurants Have Gained Their First Michelin Star |url=https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/even-more-bay-area-restaurants-now-have-michelin-stars/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en-US}} restaurant in the Cow Hollow neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Opened in 2011 by Dominique Crenn and Juan Contreras, the restaurant became the seventh restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area to be awarded three Michelin stars by the Michelin Guide in 2018.{{cite web|title=A First Look Inside Atelier Crenn, Opening January 21|date=14 January 2011 |url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2011/01/a_first_look_inside_atelier_cr.html|publisher= Grub Street|accessdate=December 1, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Michelin releases 2019 California guide: Angler and Sorrel get stars, Saison loses a star|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Michelin-releases-2019-California-guide-Saison-13927499.php|publisher= San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=December 1, 2019}}

History

File:Atelier_Crenn_-_Course_6_Charred_Onion_Soup,_Comte,_Truffle.jpg

Atelier Crenn opened in January 2011. The restaurant is an homage to her father.

As of 2022, the tasting menu costs approximately $445.92 per person (includes tax and tip, but not drinks).{{Cite web| title = Want to eat at a 3-star Michelin Bay Area restaurant? Here's what it will cost you| author = Zavoral, Linda| work = The Mercury News| date = 2018-11-30| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/30/want-to-eat-at-a-3-star-michelin-restaurant-heres-what-it-will-cost-you/}} The menu is written as a poem, each line is influenced by her father's teachings of art and expresses Dominique's childhood on a farm. The 12 course tasting menu heavily focuses on fish.{{Cite web| title = Bar Crenn and Atelier Crenn| last = CBE | first = Lady Barbara Judge| work = Forbes| date = 14 December 2018| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/ladybarbarajudge/2018/12/14/bar-crenn-and-atelier-crenn/#2c1933c164c3}}

Accolades and awards

By 2013, the restaurant earned two Michelin stars making Dominique Crenn the first female chef to earn the distinction in the United States. In 2018, Atelier Crenn earned three Michelin stars for 2019 which again made her not only the first, but also the only female chef to do so in the United States.{{Cite web| title = Chef Dominique Crenn Gets Her Third Michelin Star| author = Bloom, Jonathan| work = NBC Bay Area| date = 2018-12-07| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Dominique-Crenn-Becomes-First-Female-US-Head-Chef-of-a-Three-Michelin-Star-Restaurant-502223761.html}}{{Cite web| title = Dominique Crenn Finally Earns Her Third Michelin Star| author = Sutoon, Ryan| work = Eater SF| date = 2018-11-28| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://sf.eater.com/2018/11/29/18118124/atelier-crenn-three-stars-dominique-crenn-san-francisco}} Crenn earned the award "best female chef in the world", a distinction she is dismissive of as she believes there is no reason for gender separation in culinary skills.{{Cite web| title = Chef Dominique Crenn: 'Everything I Do Could Have ... Impact' For Other Women| author = Advani, Reena| work = NPR| date = 27 December 2018| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/27/678951533/chef-dominique-crenn-everything-i-do-could-have-impact-for-other-women}}

Atelier Crenn received a James Beard Award and joined "Michael Bauer's Four-Star Club".{{Cite web| title = Atelier Crenn Joins Michael Bauer's Four-Star Club| author = Dalton, Andrew| work = Eater SF| date = 2018-06-28| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = https://sf.eater.com/2018/6/29/17519466/michael-bauer-atelier-crenn-four-star-review}}

Reviews

The restaurant has been described as "wonderful balance of grace, artistry, technical ability and taste".{{Cite web| title = Atelier Crenn Wins That Third Michelin Star at Last| author = Kane, Peter Lawrence| work = SF Weekly| date = 2018-11-29| access-date = 29 December 2018| url = http://www.sfweekly.com/dining/atelier-crenn-wins-that-third-michelin-star-at-last/}}