Michel Roux

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Michel Roux Sr. OBE ( April 19, 1941 in Charolles , Saône-et-Loire Department - March 12, 2020 in Bray , Berkshire ) was a French- born chef who lived and worked in England from 1967 . Together with his brother Albert he founded Le Gavroche , a restaurant in London, in 1967 and The Waterside Inn , an inn in Bray in 1972 . Both restaurants have been awarded one to three stars by the Michelin Guide for many years.

life and work

Le Gavroche, London
The Waterside Inn, Bray

The Le Gavroche, the name can with be translated street boy ', was founded in 1967 by brothers Roux at the address 61 Lower Sloane Street. It was the first restaurant in Great Britain to be awarded a Michelin star (1974) and the first to receive two stars (1977). In 1981 the establishment moved to 43 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair , London, where it still exists today. The following year, Le Gavroche became the first restaurant in Great Britain to receive three Michelin stars. In 1993 it lost its third star.

The Waterside Inn, located in Bray directly on the Thames , was also founded in 1972 together with older brother Albert, born in 1935. The head chef for the first five years was Pierre Koffmann , also French, who had previously worked for the brothers at Le Gavroche. Then Michel Roux took over, he was omnipresent and ran the restaurant for more than thirty years, supported by his wife and son. In 1986 the brothers shared the restaurants, Albert and his son Michel Jr. stayed in London, Michel Sr. and his son Alain took sole responsibility for Bray. Robyn Joyce, Michel's second wife, gradually designed new guest rooms in the French style, and from 2002 onwards , Alain Roux gradually took over the role of head chef from his father.

Michel Roux said, not without a nostalgic tone: “The Waterside Inn was my life, but now it is run by my son. What could be better? I am very proud of him. Now his name is on the front door. ”In 1985, the Waterside Inn's kitchen was awarded three Michelin stars and has kept it to this day (as of March 2020). After 25 years, 2010 was celebrated - as the first three-star restaurant in a quarter of a century outside France - with two special events: Michel Roux and his son invited all 116 Michelin-starred chefs in Great Britain, and father and son served gourmet menus to the local population at the prices of 1985.

Roux wrote several cookbooks with his brother and trained numerous other star chefs. He appeared several times on television and radio shows. Michel Roux was a member of the Order of the British Empire . He died in Bray in March 2020 at the age of 78.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Thring: How the Roux family educated the British palate . In: The Guardian , April 21, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 . In: BBC . Retrieved September 27, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Roux, Michel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roux, Michel senior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-British chef
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Charolles , Saône-et-Loire department
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2020
Place of death Bray , Berkshire