Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch (1942 – 30 September 2024) was a French chef perhaps best known for her stint as the first female chef for the President of France.
[3] She eventually got the attention of Joël Robuchon, who recommended her to then French President François Mitterrand.
[2] In that role, she cooked dinners for Mitterrand's family, as well as guests such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher.
[3] Ten years after her stint as Mitterrand's chef, Mazet-Delpeuch worked as a cook for a French research base in the Crozet islands for over a year.
[5] Mazet-Delpeuch was a native of the Périgord region of France.