Jean-Luc Boulay


Jean-Luc Boulay is a French-born chef, restaurateur and television personality who emigrated to Canada in 1976, and founded his first restaurant in Québec City with his business partner Jacques Fortier in 1978, which over the years was repeatedly honoured and is recognised as one of the best fine dining restaurants in Quebec and Canada, specialising in local products such as foie gras, and also known as Paul McCartney’s favourite restaurant in town. In April 2012, he opened with the chef Arnaud Marchand a Nordic-inspired restaurant, , located on :fr:Rue Saint-Jean |rue Saint-Jean, a lively street of Old Quebec. In April 2019, he also opened the restaurant which pays particular homage to plant-based dishes, with his business partners Pierre Joubaud and Arnaud Marchand.
Along with :fr:Normand Laprise |Normand Laprise and Pasquale Vari, Jean-Luc Boulay is one of the three permanent judges on Quebec’s top cooking competition TV show :fr:Les Chefs !|Les chefs! broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada Télé since 14 June 2010, which is hosted by :fr:Élyse Marquis|Élyse Marquis et :fr:L'Effet Vézina|Daniel Vézina.
Jean-Luc Boulay cumulates recognitions: he was named French Master Chef in March 2012, and Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite Agricole in France in 2017.