[1] Esnault studied at François Rabelais culinary school in Lyon, France before going to work for Carré des Feuillants in Paris.
His work with Ducasse earned the restaurants a combined five Michelin stars, three stars from The New York Times, and he was also named StarChef's “Rising Star.” In 2009, Esnault had relocated to Los Angeles and was working at Patina located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
[4] In 2012, Esnault joined Church & State, a French bistro founded by Yassmin Sarmadi in 2008.
In Feb 2016, Esnault and his now wife, Yassmin Sarmadi, opened Spring, a French restaurant located in Downtown Los Angeles.
[5] In 2019, Esnault and Sarmadi, opened Knife Pleat at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California.