Émile Jung (2 April 1941 – 27 January 2020) was a French chef, who achieved three stars in the Michelin Guide for his restaurant Au Crocodile.

It was in Lyon where he met Paul Bocuse, who taught him the richness of Lyonnaise cuisine.

He began culinary school in Paris, and he frequently visited the city's most renowned establishments, such as Fouquet's and la Marée.

[2] He returned to Alsace in 1965 and became head chef at L’Hostellerie alsacienne in Masevaux.

Jung and his wife, Monique, moved to Strasbourg in 1971 and took over the restaurant Au Crocodile, the restaurant was named after a stuffed crocodile that a local general brought back from overseas whilst on Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria.