Louis-François Marcotte

Speaker, Chef, and Entrepreneur

Meet Louis-François Marcotte

Louis-François Marcotte, a passionate chef, entrepreneur, and communicator, made cooking his reason for being from a very young age, inspired by his family. Curious, ambitious, and driven by innovation, he transformed his passion into a multifaceted career combining restaurants, television, and audacious entrepreneurial projects. Known for his creativity, discipline, and taste for challenges, he inspires both in the kitchen and in the management of his teams. A father of two and a lover of gastronomy accessible to all, Louis-François Marcotte is above all a passionate individual who puts his heart into everything he undertakes — and who shares that passion generously as a speaker.

Speaking topics of Louis-François Marcotte:

Entrepreneurship and Business | Motivation, Success, and Self-Improvement | Culinary Arts and Food

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Testimonials

Nous avons beaucoup apprécié l’ouverture de Louis-François et sa transparence. Je pense que ça a fait un beau wow. Je pense que nos agriculteurs habitués étaient un peu déstabilisés dans notre choix, car ils sont habitués plus à des conférences « motivationnelles », mais je considère qu’il y a eu de belles portions de motivation dans la conférence. De notre côté, nous sommes très satisfaits!

Desjardins Enterprises

Keynotes

environ 60 minutes
French only
Rencontre de personnalisation incluse
Available in-person and virtually

In his presentations, Louis-François Marcotte shares his vision of entrepreneurship and self-improvement. Combining passion, discipline, and inspiration, he also addresses cooking and food as levers for motivating, uniting, and energizing teams.

Discover his talks and explore how they can captivate and inspire your audience.

Passion and Discipline: Finding the Right Balance

You’ve seen him on television, bought his books and magazines, and perhaps even shared a meal at one of his restaurants. But that won’t be the subject of Louis-François Marcotte’s presentation. On the contrary, it will be the story of an entrepreneur. The story of a mechanical engineering student, working as a butcher’s clerk, who would become one of the most mediatized chefs and business leaders in Quebec.

With a predisposition for enjoyment and conviviality, Louis-François Marcotte will talk a little about his history but, most importantly, he will focus on the people around him and those attending his talk.

Behind his success and motivation lie universal values that resonate with a wide range of the population. For him, everything is a matter of cycles, both in life and in business. Cycles that have constantly paved the way for the man, the father, and the entrepreneur he has become.

Louis-François, therefore, always adapts to his audience. He can cover topics such as local purchasing as well as corporate crisis management. But at the core of this presentation, Louis-François Marcotte, speaker, always brings us back to the importance of finding the right balance in everything we do, which stems from his two secondary themes: passion and discipline.

In closing, he elaborates on his greatest priority, his family, and reminds you that there is nothing more precious and energizing than prioritizing this part of our lives.

The Recipe for Building a High-Performing Team

If there’s one place where teamwork is of paramount importance, it’s in the kitchen. As an experienced chef, Louis-François Marcotte has come to understand that communication is essential to improving teamwork. As a result, he has developed “communication codes” that promote better collaboration between team members. With his keynote “The Recipe for Building a High-Performing Team”, he shares his secret ingredients for ensuring good team cohesion.

Technical requirements for Louis-François Marcotte:

Micro mains-libres
au choix du client

Petite table (pour déposer notes et bouteille d'eau)

Le conférencier apporte son portable (MAC) contenant sa présentation visuelle

(PowerPoint presentation)

Projecteur et écran

-> Prévoir l'adapteur USB-C - HDMI (connexion MAC-projecteur)

Sorties audio-vidéos (vidéos avec son)

About Louis-François Marcotte

From an early age, Louis-François was drawn to the culinary world by his mother, who passed on her passion to him. Now it’s his turn to share this culinary passion with us in his own way.

As a teenager, Louis-François discovered the world of food by working for various food chains. Then a mechanical engineering student at college, he changed his plans and enrolled in cooking at the ITHQ. Since then, he has managed four restaurants: Simpléchic, Le Local, Le Hangar and the Cabine M wine bistro-bar at Montréal-Trudeau airport. And because Louis-François is first and foremost a man of nature, as well as being constantly on the lookout for new projects, it was only natural that in the spring of 2014, he embarked on this new sugar season adventure with La Tablée des Pionniers, his sugar shack located up north in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré. In spring 2015, Groupe Sportscène appointed him vice-president of catering at La Cage. He was a key player in the transformation of La Cage aux sports into La Cage – Brasserie sportive.

The chef’s goal is to demonstrate that cooking is accessible to all, so he takes his first steps on TV with the cooking show Le goût de Louis. He went on to produce Cuisinez comme Louis and Le BBQ de Louis, all broadcast on Canal Vie. He has since published nine books with Flammarion, the most recent of which, released on August 25, 2016, is devoted exclusively to apples. For nearly five years, Louis-François was part of Groupe TVA with the cooking show Signé M, the ultimate brand for lovers of the pleasures of the table, as well as with the magazine Signé M., which last appeared on December 24, 2015. In 2016, he was at the helm of the radio show BONHEURS DE TABLE, broadcast on ROUGE . (BELL MEDIAS). In 2019, he will appear on VERO.TV with his wife Patricia Paquin and their children in the series ON CHANGE D’AIR (2 seasons). In 2020 and 2022, with AIDE DEMANDÉE (1) (VERO.TV) Louis-François, through his advice as an entrepreneur and chef, supports five restaurant owners in the Greater Montreal area who are struggling with the effects of the pandemic. The documentary series proposed a second season in 2022, featuring restaurateurs from several regions of Quebec.

In September 2019, he opened a brand-new restaurant, CHEZ CHEVAL, which employs young people with autism spectrum disorders. The project has been a success, and since September 2023, the chef’s dishes can also be enjoyed at the new CHEZ CHEVAL 2, which has a storefront in Ste-Julie.

He has been married since 2014 tohost and actress Patricia Paquin, with whom he has two children; Gabriel, born in 2010 and Florence born in 2015. He is also the proud father-in-law of Benjamin Gratton.

Clips and Interviews with Louis-François Marcotte

Video Excerpt of Louis-François’s Keynote

presented for the L’Oeufrier Franchises on November 9, 2022

Video Excerpt of Louis-François’s Keynote

presented during our 2019 Speaker Showcase

Les conférences de Louis-François Marcotte (2018)

Entrevue avec Louis-François Marcotte:

L’entrepreneuriat

Sur la route avec… Louis-François Marcotte

Entrevue avec Louis-François Marcotte:

Comment décrocher?

Where to watch, listen, and read Louis-François Marcotte?

Louis-François Marcotte is the author of several cookbooks and the host of Aide demandée (Help Wanted), a docu-reality show where he assists struggling restaurateurs in getting their businesses back on track. He also appears as a guest chef on occasion on certain shows, sharing his expertise and passion for cooking. Discover his books and shows to follow his culinary advice and his perspective on the world of catering/restaurants.

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