Yannick Alleno – guest Papotin meetings this Saturday 25 July from 20:30. about France 2. An opportunity to learn more about the 57-year-old multi-star chef.
This Saturday, July 25, journalists from I’m a drug addict Welcome French chef Yannick Alleno. Its flagship restaurant Alléno Paris has been awarded three stars Michelin Guide. The chef also heads his own eponymous hotel group, which has many establishments around the world. In March 2026, he became the most starred chef in the world, receiving 18 stars.
But his participation in Papotin meetings “In France 2” gives him the opportunity to talk not only about his illustrious career behind the stove, but also about other topics. The chef’s personal life was marked by tragedy associated with the death of his son Antoine. On the evening of May 8, 2022, a 24-year-old man was stopped at a red light on his scooter when he was hit from behind by an unlicensed, drunk driver driving a stolen vehicle. – How do you feel after this? »– Yannick Alleno asks in an excerpt from Papotin meetings Revealed by France 2, before adding: “Your life will change completely.”
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To hold out, Yannick Alleno decided to turn his mourning into a fight. In particular, he managed to change French legislation so that the concept of “road kill” was recognized in a law promulgated in July 2025. Thus, some fatal traffic accidents involving intentionally dangerous behavior no longer fall under the category of “manslaughter.” In addition, the 57-year-old entrepreneur also founded the Antoine Alleno association, which helps victims of violence that affects people under 25 and their families. “There are still 4,000 road deaths, including 669 children last year. When will we wake up? If we can create as much money, as much intelligence, as much research to save the lives of our children on the roads, I think we will have made great progress and we will be able to talk about a modern society.”He said Gala.fr in September 2024.
Yannick Alleno: Focus on the women who marked his life
In his fight, he can also count on the support of his ex-wife Isabelle Mescam-Alleno. In December 2025, Antoine’s mother appeared on the set of the film. With you in the company of his eldest son, Thomas Alleno, to represent the association. “We wanted to show the consequences of losing a child. The whole family, be it parents, it’s true that we talk a lot about parents, but there are brothers and sisters. They need to be able to rebuild themselves.”she performed on the set of the show.
Although Yannick Alleno and Isabelle Mescam-Alleno have been separated for many years, they remain deeply united by the association founded in honor of their youngest son. After splitting from the mother of his sons, the chef also had a brief affair with singer Patricia Kaas between 2008 and 2009. The relationship lasted several months, which could have ended due to their very busy schedule, as the translator said my boyfriend in columns Liberation. “I wasn’t approachable enough,” she also admitted. Gala in 2011. No matter what, these two individuals would maintain a good relationship.
Since 2011, Yannick Alleno has shared the life of the artist and sculptor Laurence Bonnel. The couple got married in December 2015 in Paris. The art lover was a great help to the chef. ” I couldn’t survive without you.”” he wrote in the caption of an Instagram post published in August 2022, a few weeks after his youngest son disappeared.
This article was written in collaboration with 6Medias.