Alain Allegretti has been named partner and culinary director of the Fig & Olive Restaurant Group, based in New York City. The native of the South of France trained under such chefs as Jacques Maximin at Le Chantecler in Nice, France, and Alain Ducasse at Le Louis XV in Monte Carlo. He arrived in New York City in 2000 as co-executive chef of Le Cirque and went on to be executive chef of Atelier at the Ritz-Carlton in that city. He opened his own restaurant, Allegretti, in 2008, as well as Le Promenade des Anglais in 2011.
In 2012 he opened Azure by Allegretti in Atlantic City.
Fig & Olive has locations in Chicago, Houston, New York City and Washington, D.C., as well as Newport Beach, Calif.