Michel Bras

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Michel Bras (born November 4, 1946 in Gabriac , Aveyron department ) is a French chef . Bras is one of the most influential chefs in France and is considered unusually creative. He is known for using native plants and flowers.

Life

Vegetable plate "Gargouillou" by Michel Bras

Bras is the son of farrier Marcel (1921–2016) and Angèle Bras, the landlady of an auberge in Laguiole . He is largely self-taught   and taught himself culinary techniques in a "rather scientific" way. In 1992 he and his wife Ginette opened their modern restaurant Le Suquet   near Laguiole in the south of France, with a panoramic view of the Aubrac plateau . It was awarded three Michelin stars from 1999 . In 2009, the British gourmet magazine “Restaurant” voted Le Suquet the seventh best restaurant in the world. Le Suquet refers to a hill in the south of France as well as a Catalan fish dish.

In 2009, Michel Bras handed the restaurant over to his son Sébastien (* 1971). Director Paul Lacoste portrayed the generation change in the documentary Entre Les Bras (2011). Michel Bras continues to work in the restaurant every day.

In addition to his flower and vegetable dishes, Bras is also considered to be the inventor of the smeared soup and puree dots that add additional flavor notes to a dish. A dish he created and often copied in 1981 is the dessert coulant au chocolat , a cake with a warm, liquid chocolate filling.

In his spare time he has been running since he was 18 years old, another hobby is photography. Bras always has a notebook with him to record new ideas.

In September 2017, Sébastian Bras announced that, in consultation with his family, he would consciously forego Michelin stars in the future. The three stars mean too much "pressure" in the long run, so he wants to be "freer". The waiver of the highest award was described as a "bang in the gourmet scene", since according to Michelin it has so far been "unprecedented" and "unique" not to change the offer or to close the house afterwards, but simply to carry on. “The guide is not made for chefs, but for customers,” explained Guide Michelin. In its 2019 edition, Michelin ignored the Bras family's request and re-listed the restaurant with two stars. Sébastien Bras reacted “skeptically” to the “contradicting decision” of the Michelin Guide.

Japan

Michel Bras and his son Sébastien opened a second restaurant called Michel Bras Toya Japon in 2002 in the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa on Hokkaidō , Japan. The Michelin Guide awarded it two stars in 2016. They fly to Japan every November to instruct the kitchen brigade on their new dishes. During the winter season, the restaurant will be closed for five months from November.

In 2008, in cooperation with the Japanese knife manufacturer KAI , the farrier's son Bras designed high-tech knives for haute cuisine .

Brasseries

Bras then developed the concept of fast, inexpensive and good cuisine with regional specialties and offers it in several brasseries . At the end of May 2014, the Musée Soulages opened in Rodez , which is dedicated to the works of the abstract painter Pierre Soulages . There are small dishes for visitors and passers-by in the restaurant and desserts in a café. Sébastien Bras' brother-in-law Christophe Chaillou is in charge of the kitchen.

He opened two culinary fastidious restaurants called MiWaM in the gourmet metropolis of Lyon , one in the Villeurbanne district and one in Lyon-Part-Dieu. The ingredients consist of organically grown vegetables and wholegrain cereals from the region, the snacks are rich in vitamins and protein, low in fat and spicy.

Brasserie Espace Gourmand is located at the Brocuéjouls rest area on the A75 with a view of the Millau Viaduct . A specialty of the house are conical waffles, called "capucins" after the tapered hoods on the capuchin habit . Bras specially developed a cone-shaped waffle iron , the waffles of which are filled with many culinary variations. The chef is Michel Bras' brother André.

Awards

  • 1978: Gault-Millau awards him 15 points.
  • 1987: Gault-Millau awards it 19 out of 20 points.
  • 1988: Gault-Millau awards it 19.5 out of 20 points.
  • 1999: Three stars in the Michelin Guide .
  • 2016: First place among the best chefs according to a survey of over 500 star chefs by Le Chef magazine 

Publications

  • Petits festins and desserts. Éditions du Rouergue, collection Carnets de Michel Bras, Rodez 2005, ISBN 2-84156-661-7 .
  • Bras: Laguiole, Aubrac, France. [Recettes de Michel Bras et Sébastien Bras], Éditions du Rouergue, Rodez 2002, ISBN 2-84156-350-2 .
  • Les desserts. Éditions du Rouergue, collection Carnets de Michel Bras, Rodez 1993, ISBN 2-905209-76-3 .

Movies

  • Square for artists. Carte Blanche for Michel Bras. (OT: Square Artiste. Carte blanche à Michel Bras. ) Documentary film, France, 2016, 26:14 min., Script and direction: Michel Bras and Béatrice Augereau, production: arte France, series: Square for artists , first broadcast: 26. October 2016 at arte, table of contents by arte, ( memento from October 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), online video from arte , available until October 11, 2045.
    Homage by Michel Bras to the farmer and local politician André Valadier, who was decisive for is responsible for the preservation of the mountain region of the Aubrac with near-natural agriculture.
  • 360 ° geo report. Aubrac: cows, cheese, guys! Documentary film, Germany, 2013, 52:27 min., Script and director: Maja Dielhenn, production: MedienKontor, arte , Geo , series: 360 ° - Geo Reportage , episode 375, first broadcast: November 30, 2013 by arte, synopsis with excerpt from the film from Geo ; u. a. with Michel and Sébastien Bras searching for herbs and in the kitchen.
  • Entre Les Bras - La cuisine en heritage. (Alternative title: Entre Les Bras - 3 stars. 2 generations. 1 kitchen. / Step up to the plate. ) Documentary film, France, 2011, 90 min., Script and director: Paul Lacoste, production: Everybody on the Deck, German cinema release : August 9, 2012, table of contents ( memento of September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), with an excerpt from mindjazz .
  • Inventing Cuisine: Michel Bras. (Alternative title: L'invention de la cuisine: Michel Bras. ) Documentary, France, 2008, 52 min., Script and director: Paul Lacoste, production: La Huit, Cuisine TV, TV5 Monde , synopsis with a preview of La Huit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1. Michel Bras and his restaurant. In: Kai Corporation , 2016, accessed September 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Sarah Schelp: Edible flowers. A nice flower feast. In: Tagesspiegel , September 9, 2012.
  3. ^ Obituary notice: Marcel Bras: Décès. In: Midi Libre , April 13, 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b The story of a top chef. In: Relais & Châteaux , Interview, accessed September 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c Michel Bras. ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: entrelesbras.de , 2011.
  6. ↑ Un nom, trois générations. In: bras.fr , accessed October 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ List of the 50 best restaurants in the world. In: Zeit online , April 22, 2009.
  8. ↑ a b Gero von Randow : The legacy of the three stars. In: Zeitmagazin , August 7, 2012.
  9. ↑ The director. ( Memento of March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: entrelesbras.de , 2011.
  10. ↑ Entre Les Bras. ( Memento from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: mindjazz-pictures.de , accessed on September 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ Video / Preview: L'invention de la cuisine: Michel Bras. In: La Huit , 2008, 2 min., With Engl. Subtitling.
  12. ^ A b French Cuisine Michel Bras Toya Japon. In: windsor-hotels.co.jp , 2016, with video (4:04 min.), Accessed on September 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ Le coulant au chocolat. In: bras.fr , accessed on September 16, 2016.
  14. ^ Documentary: Square for Artists. Carte Blanche for Michel Bras. In: arte , October 23, 2016, 26:14 min., Available until October 11, 2045.
  15. ↑ Sébastian Bras foregoes Michelin stars in the future. In: restaurant-ranglisten.de , September 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Friederike Zoe Grasshoff: Why a top French chef no longer wants his stars. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 21, 2017.
  17. ↑ sile: Burned out on the stove. Stars follow top chefs. In: ORF.at , January 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ a b Christian Böhmer: Three-star chef can be removed from the Michelin guide. In: dpa / SpOn , January 30, 2018.
  19. ↑ APA , AFP : Top chef unintentionally got Michelin stars again. In: Der Standard , January 22, 2019.
  20. ↑ a b A chat with Bras and Bourassin at Lake Toya Japan. In: theworlds50best.com , December 11, 2014, interview.
  21. ↑ Michelin 2 Star French Cuisine Dinner Package 2016 (Michel Bras TOYA Japon). In: asp.hotel-story.ne.jp , 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019.
  22. ↑ Nature is the key to my dishes. In: connexionfrance.com , April 2012.
  23. ↑ Michael Bras: Laguiole, France. In: Kai Corporation , 2016, (German), accessed on May 12, 2019.
  24. ↑ museum page ; see also fr: Musée Soulages .
  25. ↑ AFP : L'art et la table au musée Soulages de Rodez avec les chefs étoilés Bras. In: L'Express , March 26, 2014.
  26. ↑ Le Café Bras. In: bras.fr , 2016, accessed on September 23, 2016, (French, English).
  27. ↑ Half lyonnais half aveyronnais. In: bras.fr , 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019, (French, English).
  28. ^ Neither hard nor soft. In: bras.fr , 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019, (French, English).
  29. ↑ Capuchin Order. In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints , October 31, 2014.
  30. ↑ Le Capucin. In: bras.fr , 2016, accessed October 30, 2016, (French), English version .
  31. ↑ Photo gallery: Un chef étoilé sur l'autoroute. In: En Dilettante , September 18, 2010. Photo
      gallery: Aire du Viaduc de Millau - Brocuejouls. In: Foursquare , accessed May 12, 2019.
  32. ↑ Le Capucin. In: bras.fr , 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019, (French, English).
  33. ↑ 100 bosses. In: lechef.com , January 2016, accessed on May 12, 2019, and as PDF; 4.6 MB, ( Memento from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
      WB: Good food: French cuisine remains the measure of all things. In: eurojournalist.eu , January 22, 2016, accessed on September 23, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Bras, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French master chef
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Gabriac (Aveyron)