Chef Dominique Crenn on Finding Love, Fighting Cancer, and Saving the World

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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“I’m an immigrant, a dancer, and a dreamer,” says Dominique Crenn, the world-renowned chef behind Atelier Crenn in San Francisco and author of the brand new memoir, Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters. Dominique shares her journey from scrappy tomboy to holder of three Michelin stars, to her breast cancer diagnosis last year and the love story that helped her through it. Dominique also talks about the current state of her restaurant group and her thoughts and concerns for the industry she loves so much.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, everyone, welcome to
0:05.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to Radio Cherrybom, the podcast that's all about women and food. I'm your host,
0:24.1	Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Brooklyn, New York. Today's guest is Dominique Cren, one of the best chefs
0:30.5	in the whole wide world. She's the force behind Atelier Cren in San Francisco, a beautiful tasting
0:36.1	menu restaurant. Although you don't get a
0:38.3	menu when you go there, you get a poem. The past few years of Dom's life have brought super low
0:43.4	lows and very high highs. She was the first female chef in America to receive three Michelin
0:48.5	stars, but then a year later found out she had stage two breast cancer. She also met the love of her
0:54.1	life, actor Maria
0:55.3	Bello, who is now her fiance. And Dom somehow found the time to write a memoir. It's called
1:01.1	Rebel Chef, in search of what matters, and it's out right now. As you might imagine, it's a great
1:06.7	read and give some insight into how a scrappy tomboy from Brittany became a global superstar.
1:12.7	Before we get to Dominique, let's do some housekeeping.
1:15.8	Thank you to the folks at Breyer's Carb Smart and Sonos Move for supporting today's show,
1:21.0	two of my favorite things, frozen treats and cool tunes.
1:25.3	Also, be sure to check out the new Radio Cherry Bomb miniseries we just launched in collaboration
1:30.0	with Chef Tiffany Rosier, host of the show Afros and Knives.
1:34.3	You can listen wherever you get your podcasts.
1:36.8	Thank you to our friends at Traeger Woodfired Grills for supporting this mini-series.
1:42.1	Don't move.
1:43.1	We'll be right back after this word from Sonos Move.
1:46.9	The awesome folks at Sonos graceously sent me their new premium Sonos Move speaker for a road
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