Paul Haeberlin

He was the owner of Auberge de l’Ill, a classical French restaurant, which was first awarded a 3-star Michelin Rating in 1967 and continues to be one of the oldest 3-star establishments in France.

[1] His restaurant has served as a school for many of the world's premier French chefs, including Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Hubert Keller.

[1] In 1882 his grandparents (Frédéric, a farmer, and Frédérique, a cook) had bought a small inn and cafe in the town, called L’Arbre Vert.

At the age of 14, Paul became an apprentice at the Hôtel de la Pépinière in Ribeauvillé, next moving to Paris where he worked in restaurants such as Poccardi and Rôtisserie Périgourdine.

[2] His family's inn, L’Arbre Vert (the green tree) was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1945 near the end of the war.