For two decades, Cyril Lignac has become an emblematic personality. He is also at the head of an impressive fortune.
© Bestimge Cyril Lignac is a renowned chef.
IN BRIEF
- Cyril Lignac, renowned chef and television personality, has built an international culinary empire employing nearly 280 people.
- His personal fortune, estimated at 10 million euros in 2020, has reached around 30 million euros in 2022-2023 thanks to restaurants and patisseries.
- Discover how Cyril Lignac combines entrepreneurial success and loyalty to his roots in this captivating article.
For several years, Cyril Lignac has been delighting television viewers. In Le meilleur pâtissier, he advises the candidates and provides his expertise in cooking. In addition to his television appearances, Cyril Lignac is also a great chef who offers delicious recipes and is at the head of a great success.
In the space of a few years, the great leader has become an emblematic personality recognized by his peers.In two decades, the “crunchy gourmet” chef has created a real business. From television to publishing, from restaurants to chocolate, Cyril Lignac's empire has nearly two hundred and eighty employees. From Paris to London, via the United Arab Emirates, Cyril Lignac's business is now everywhere..
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Cyril Lignac's fortune estimated at several million euros
According to Capital, his personal fortune amounted to 10 million euros in 2020. He also leads the good life as Télérama revealed. He owns apartments in London or opposite the Eiffel Tower, a villa in Saint-Tropez, a collection of sports cars, polo horses. Moreover, he regularly reveals on Instagram photos of his holidays in ever more sumptuous settings.
Despite everything, Cyril Lignac has remained faithful to his popular roots. “He has this Aveyron prudence that makes him lift one brick after another? For him, a penny is a penny,” declared the food journalist François-Régis Gaudry. When asked about his turnover, the boss is very sincere : “It doesn't matter at all,” he brushed off with a wave of the hand concerning his fortune which would be around 30 million euros in 2022 and 2023 “for his restaurants and pastry shops alone, if we rely on the results published by his various subsidiaries”.
“He is not a poet of cooking”
The writer Paul-Henry Bizon, who has signed two beautiful books with him for La Martinière editions, had declared about Cyril Lignac: “He is not a poet of cuisine and he does not seek to be one“, he had confided.
For his part, Alexandre Cammas, former boss of the Guide du Fooding, had explained : “He has a palate, that he built by exploring all the tables. His strength is his curiosity, his sharp eye. He is not a recipe creator but he has an intuition of what people want to eat.”