By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was a near impossible dream in France where almost all restaurant kitchens were run by men. So, she left her home and moved to San Francisco, where she was awarded three Michelin Stars in 2018 for her influential restaurant Atelier Crenn, the first female chef in the United States to receive this honor. Here is a disarmingly honest and revealing look at one woman's evolution from a daring young chef to a respected activist. Crenn tracks her career from struggling cook to running one of the world's most acclaimed restaurants, while at the same time speaking out on restaurant culture, sexism, immigration, and climate change. At once a tale of personal discovery and a tribute to unrelenting determination, Rebel Chef is the story of one woman making a place for herself in the kitchen, and in the world.