Adrien Descouls, chef of Restaurant Origines, Puy de Dome

In the Combrailles region, on the edge of the Auvergne volcanoes park, Gelles is the charming village where Adrien Descouls grew up.

Taking advantage of a “protected” youth, as he explains, the boy very quickly discovered the joy of picking, farming or hunting in a respected peasant spirit. His parents are more from the intellectual world - his mother is a high school principal and his father a bailiff - but both are attached to solid values and above all to a pleasure in eating well which will naturally mark the teenager.

The strength of simple things, the sense of taste, these are elements that will remain markers for Adrien.

After Vienna, Adrien was attracted by Lyon, its energy, its traditional decorations and its culture which attracts the world. He joined Christian Têtedoie, at L’Antiquaille, where he grasped the strength of classic bases on which we could bring a nice touch of modernity.

Then comes the desire for Paris. The adventure begins in the oversized world of the Ritz, with Michel Roth. Then continues at the George V with Éric Briffard, a Chef he respects for his authentic approach, capable of serving a revisited Poule au Pot in a distinguished restaurant with 2 stars in the Michelin Guide.

Beyond cooking, Adrien must learn the rules of management and management and will benefit from extraordinary support which today gives him a vision of the profession of Chef well beyond the cook but much closer to that of a business manager.

When preparing for season 9 of Top Chef, M6 spotted Adrien and asked him to take the selection tests for his show. The competitive spirit of the young Chef takes over in him who is already used to competitions (he notably participated in the France-Québec competition in 2009). Here he is drawn into this new adventure which takes him to the semi-final and obtaining a good 3rd place.

After four exciting years, at 28, Adrien is already motivated to return to Auvergne and launch his name. But the project is a little too fresh and he understands that he will still have to assert his signature through other experiences.

It is the multinational Sodexo which offers him an unexpected opportunity, that of taking over the reins of the Maison de la Recherche, an exceptional place in the heart of the Paris of embassies and ministries, where some refined meetings are organized for great leaders.

In 2018, the wealth of past experiences now allows Adrien to fully embark on creating his own business. A few minutes from Issoire, in Broc, he found an available establishment and wrote the first lines of his Origins project.

The objective is to build a house that is as friendly as it is professional, listening to the expectations of its customers while setting the objective of promoting the richness of the surrounding region with a young and modern eye.

In 2020, the Restaurant Origines by Adrien Descouls was awarded a star in the Michelin Guide.

“We enrich ourselves with others” is the motto at Adrien Descouls who very quickly knew how to bring together friends and soon a team who were extremely motivated to represent a generation of establishments deeply oriented towards people, equally at ease with codes of haute cuisine as well as casual trends. Those that attract new customers to hotels and restaurants, determined with a single ambition: to please customers.