STELLA FOREST X JUSTINE LEBAS

We're highlighting Justine Lebas, nomadic chef and bread artist, for her creativity and unique expertise. Specializing in fermentation, natural sourdough, and wild foraging, she transforms flour into living matter, crafting shapes and textures in her breads, mirroring the patterns and materials that define Stella Forest.

Coming from a farming family, she discovered a love for cooking early on. After studying at a culinary school and in culinary creation, her encounter with farmer-bakers revealed natural sourdough as the heart of her cuisine. Three years in the bakery of Ferme d’Orvilliers refined her expertise before she took flight.

Today, bread has become for her a space for creation where technique and aesthetics converge, as in the Stella Forest universe.

"Flour is a living material. Like fabric or modeling clay, I sculpt my breads to tell stories and create unique shapes."