Coming to the Taste: Ludo Lefebvre

Ludo Lefebvre has been named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Chefs by Relais & Chateaux, despite not having a restaurant of his own.

A French native, Lefebvre quickly made a name for himself in Southern California as the executive chef at L’Orangerie and then improved on that at short-lived Bastide. In 2007, he launched LudoBites and helped usher in the pop-up roving gourmet restaurant movement. He starred in the Sundance Channel’s “Ludo Bites America� and has also appeared on “Top Chef Masters� and “Iron Chef.� The “LudoBites Cookbook� will be released in October.

Lefebvre will be giving a cooking demonstration during the Flavors of L.A. portion of the Taste, Sept. 2. Tickets are $65 and are available, along with more information, at the Taste website.