Ludobites: Recipes and Stories from the Pop-up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre

Ludovic Lefebvre trained at Restaurant L'Esperance with Marc Meneau, Restaurant Pierre Gagnaire, and Arpege with Alain Passard, and Le Grande Vefour with Guy Martin in France. He moved to Los Angeles to work at L'Orangerie, where he became head chef at 25. Under his guidance, L'Orangerie became one of the top-rated restaurants in California, receiving the Mobil Five Star Award. Lefebvre then moved on to Bastide where he also received the prestigious Mobil Five Star Award. In 2007 he began a guerilla style pop-up restaurant event called LudoBites that currently takes place at different locations around Los Angeles. Lefebvre was a nominee for the James Beard Foundation Rising Chef Award in 2001 and is the author of the cookbook, Crave. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and partner Krissy and their children.