Ludovic Lefebvre

Trois Mec Tickets on Sale Again Tomorrow Morning

The above (awfully cute) photo is pretty self-explanatory, right? For the uninitiated, Trois Mec is the new culinary experiment brought to you by Ludovic Lefebvre and the Animal guys, also known in real life as Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo. That's the Who. Where: a kind of reassuringly crappy strip ... More >>

The Porchetta Truck: Evan Funke's Mobile Holiday Miracle

There I was, around 10 p.m. on a school night, driving up and down Fairfax Boulevard, squinting to spot a food truck that I had only learned the whereabouts of earlier that day, hoping that the kitchen's supplies hadn't run out, the cops hadn't chased everyone off, or the location hadn't been switc ... More >>

Pulling Off the White Tablecloth

In the L.A. dining scene, it's no magic trick. It's casual.

Chef Ludo Paella Dinner at Domaine LA

Guzzle & NoshPaella​Chef Ludovic Lefebvre veers from his French roots to cook a special paella dinner this Sunday at Domaine LA. Spanish importer José Pastor, who's known for trumpeting the more traditional wines of Spain and the Canary Islands, has curated a wine tasting of varietals that ra ... More >>

Chef Ludo Launches LudoBabyBites Web Series

Scenes from LudoBabyBites.​How does a top-notch chef known for his incredible culinary talents and mercurial temperament feed his own kids? We're about to find out. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre and his wife Krissy, the recent parents of twins, will launch LudoBabyBites, a 12-episode web series desig ... More >>

LudoBites: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Jonathan Gold Reviews LudoBites 7.0

LudoBites 7.0: Distilled Christmas Trees and Freedom

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ We have been down this road before, you and I, six-point-oh times at least. Ludovic Lefebvre cooks an exquisite dinner in a space not designed to accommodate dinner. Reservations are difficult to get, sometimes extraordinarily difficult. You feel slightly foolish wa ... More >>

Ludo Bites Pops Up on Today Show

Wake up early enough, and you might catch chef Ludovic Lefebvre this morning on Today, where he'll be cooking a pork shoulder. He won't, however, have his lovely wife, Krissy (a.k.a. @frenchchefwife), at his side. The blonde and brainy half of the Ludo Bites America duo reports (and by "reporting" ... More >>

Pop-up Today at The Golden State: Pie, Beer and Scoops Gelato

Crust Bakery​ Whatever the trend spotters say, pie has never been out of style. Sure it's enjoying the spotlight right now, with everyone calling it the new cupcake (another dessert that might wane in popularity but will never actually go away) and the must-have dessert for 2011. But this is A ... More >>

The 10 Best Dishes of 2010

From entree to cappuccino, short ribs to bacon-wrapped bacon

LudoBites 6.0

Ludovic Lefebvre's pop-up restaurant needs a repeat performance.

LudoBites 6.0: Coming to Max Restaurant in Sherman Oaks

LudoBites​ For everyone who has been pining for LudoBites, chef Ludovic Lefebvre's moveable feast of a restaurant, since the last edition at Gram & Papa's ended, you can start your emailing and tweeting again now. The next edition of LudoBites -- this is now 6.0, if you and Sam Sifton are cou ... More >>

There Will Always Be a Caramel Souffle

Ludobites 5.0 and beyond

More Fun With Restaurant Critics: Sam Sifton Reviews LudoBites

The New York Timesthe anonymous restaurant critic​"Reservations to LudoBites are the summer's must-have accessory in this restaurant-mad city," writes restaurant critic Sam Sifton in today's New York Times, "written about on Twitter and blogs and heralded in the pages of LA Weekly, where the ... More >>

First Bite: There Will Always Be a Caramel Soufflé, or Ludobites 5.0 and Beyond

Christie BishopJonagold apple, portions removed​As the months turn, stone fruit ripens, and the Dodgers suffer another round of midsummer blues, so too does LudoBites return to Gram & Papa's, the garmento lunch counter that hosted the pop-up restaurant's greatest success. Krissy Lefebvre roams ... More >>

Eva: Intimate Bistro, Epic Meals

A place for regulars, at regular prices

LudoBites 5.0: If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It, or Gram & Papa's, Part 2

Max WangerLudo Lefebvre feeding a rooster​ Ludovic Lefebvre is reopening his traveling restaurant, LudoBites, again next month, which would make this incarnation number 5.0 of the chef's pop-up culinary show. From July 21st to September 3rd, LudoBites will again be taking over the downtown san ... More >>

Les 50 Francais qui Comptent aux Etats-Unis en 2010: #1? Ludo

Chefs With Tattoos

A colorful rebellion against kitchen rules

Yesterday At Taste of the Nation: Photos Of Hunger-Fighting Food

Taste of the Nation Los Angeles had its annual event yesterday at the Culver City Media Park, and as usual, there was a lot of good food and drink. All ticket sales, as well as money received from charitable donations and the silent auction, went directly toward fighting childhood hunger. There wer ... More >>

Best Pigs' Ear: The Lazy Ox Canteen

LA Weekly flickr pool/djjewelzpigs' ears at the Lazy Ox​ Pigs' ear is this year's most fashionable meat, a staple not just in Sichuan cold cases but in Thai restaurants and French bistros, meaty taverns and chic wine bars. If you are planning on opening a modern gastropub without pigs' ear on ... More >>

Liberty, Equality, LudoBites

Ludovic Lefebvre’s french revolution, 4.0

L.A. Bloggers Judge Top Chef Masters A Viewing Party at The Edison

Top Chef MastersMake room for some food bloggers at Judges' Table​ L.A. chefs like Mark Peel, Susan Feniger and Ludovic Lefebvre aren't the only locals showing up on Top Chef Masters this season. Wednesday night, the judges' table will get a little bit bigger with L.A. food bloggers Bill Espa ... More >>

BYOB at LudoBites 4.0: Who Needs Wine When There's Beer?

As anyone who reads any food blogs in Los Angeles probably knows by now, Ludovic Lefebvre is in the midst of his fourth highly popular pop-up installation, LudoBites. This time around, the sold-out event is taking place downtown at Gram & Papa's, with the extra bonus of the entire evening being BYOB ... More >>

LudoBites 4.0: The Gram and Papa's Downtown Edition

LudoBites ​ The fourth edition of LudoBites, Ludovic Lefebvre's traveling pop-up restaurant show, will begin a 2 month stint at Gram & Papa's in April. LudoBites 4.0 will run from April 8th to May 28th at the downtown restaurant, with Lefebvre serving his new dinner menu (still in the works) ... More >>

99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die

Fugu to foie gras, pizza to panuchos

The Longest Day: L.A. Street Food Fest

Was it worth all the waiting?

Ludo Pops Up in a Truck: 1 Day, 1 Dish at LA Street Food Fest

If you need another fix of LudoBites, chef Ludovic Lefebvre's wandering restaurant (Breadbar, Royal/T), you have a one-shot chance next weekend. Ludo will be popping u--in a truck--at next weekend's LA Street Food Fest. Not only is this a one shot deal, it's also one dish. Lefebvre will be serving f ... More >>

Simply French: Bastide is Back

Simply French: Bastide Is Back

Simply French: Bastide Is Back

A Movable Feast: LudoBites 3.0 at Royal/T Café

Ludo Lefebvre Debuts LudoBites at Royal/T: Foie Gras Beignets, A Lightbox A Few New Openings

On Tuesday night, a group of local food bloggers were invited by the website FoodDigger to enjoy a hosted sneak preview of chef Ludovic Lefebvre's second LudoBites pop-up restaurant, which launched yesterday in the Culver City cosplay tea house, Royal/T Cafe. Since LudoBites will occupy the space fo ... More >>

LudoBites Returns: Ludo Lefebvre Pops Up At The Royal/T in Culver City In December

LudoBites is back. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre (Top Chef Masters, Bastide, L'Orangerie), whose previous pop-up restaurant was held at BreadBar, is popping up again at the Royal/T in Culver City. Lefebvre will only be cooking at the Japanese-style cosplay café for 13 days in December, in what is the prac ... More >>

Ludo Bites at Breadbar

Ludovic Lefebvre Brings Post-Molecular Gastronomy to Third Street

Ludo Lefebvre's Chocolate Cupcake Recipe: Foie Gras Chantilly Optional

"I'm thinking about creating the world's most expensive cupcake," says Ludovic Lefebvre as he drowns nuggets of fattened goose livers in heavy whipping cream for a foie gras chantilly.

Top Chef Masters, Episode 2: Suzanne Tracht Should be on your Desert Island

BravoSuzanne TrachtLA's own Suzanne Tracht (chef-owner of Jar, Tracht's) handily won last night's Top Chef Masters battle, serving up a potluck plate of uni risotto and wild boar to the creators of Lost with a calm professionalism that could have been mistaken for indifference. Just the right attitu ... More >>

The Return of Ludo Bites: And on the Third Night, Ludo Created ...

... a dinner miracle. the food runs out, but the kitchen show goes on

Advance First Bite: The Return of Ludo Bites -- And on the Third Night, Ludo Created ... A Dinner Miracle. Chef Runs Out of Food, but the Kitchen Show Goes On

On the third night of Ludo Bites, the restaurant ran out of food. And I don't mean it sold out of a dish or two, or that it closed a bit early -- it ran out of pretty much everything.

Ludo Is Bringing Sexy and LudoBites Back to Breadbar

The world of cooking and chefs always ebbs and flows in Los Angeles. Days after Chef de Cuisine Craig Strong announced his May 20 departure from The Dining Room at The Langham Huntington, another local fave reappears on the scene. The highly celebrated and sorely missed LudoBites series will be back ... More >>

Noriyuki Sugie guest stars at Breadbar

But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15

Top 10 Dishes of 2007

Hummus replaced foie gras, Southern Thai was hot and cheese shredded

Transcendent, Transitory Tapas

Ludovic Lefebvre’s temporary contemporary

Best Whey Out

Ludobites at Breadbar

Magical Mystery Tour

Bastide reopens

10 Best Dishes of 2005

10 Best Dishes of 2005

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

From A.O.C. to Zankou

The Revolutionary: Ludovic Lefebvre at Bastide

Joe Pytka's restaurant under Lefebvre has all the bells and whistles you’d expect in a Michelin-starred French restaurant, and then some