Pierre Gagnaire

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Pierre Gagnaire (born April 9, 1950 in Apinac ) is a French chef of nouvelle cuisine .

education

Gagnaire was born the eldest child of a chef. His father Jean-Claude Gagnaire (1925-2008) ran the café and restaurant Le Clos Fleuri at 76, avenue Albert-Raimond in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (near Saint-Étienne ). Pierre worked for his father as a pastry chef and in 1964 took a course at the Pâtisserie Nelson in Saint-Étienne. In 1965 he took part in a summer internship with Paul Bocuse and then began a two-year training course with Raoul Desprez in the Chez Juliette restaurant in Lyon . He then became head chef at the Tante Alice restaurant , also in Lyon. During his military service in 1970 he worked as a Cuisinier-Admiral (head chef) in the officers' galley on the former French destroyer Surcouf (D621).

St. Etienne

After a few other positions - such as chef de partie at Hotel Intercontinental (1973) and with Alain Senderens at Lucas Carton , both in Paris, as well as a two-year trip across America with his wife Gabrielle - Gagnaire returned to his father's restaurant from 1976 to 1980 back. Although there were considerable disagreements with him, he developed his own style there with a cuisine characterized by local products.

Hotel Balzac, Paris

After his father retired in 1981, he closed Le Clos Fleury and opened the Pierre Gagnaire , at 3 Rue Georges-Teyssier in the center of Saint-Étienne, together with his wife Gabrielle, their first restaurant. He had already received a Michelin star in 1982 and 18/20 points in the Gault-Millau restaurant guide , followed by the second Michelin star in 1986. In 1993 he moved his restaurant within St. Etienne into the lavishly and magnificently furnished mansion Villa Hatier , an Art Deco- style building. There, in the Rue de la Richelandière, Gagnaire was awarded the third Michelin star in 1994 for “his extraordinary dishes and his unique cuisine”. However, the financial burden of the house and the 40-person kitchen brigade became too great, and in January 1996 Gagnaire went bankrupt with his restaurant . For three days, the entire facility including custom-made furniture, paintings, linen tablecloths and the restaurant's wine cellar was foreclosed.

Paris and the world

After the closure of his restaurant in Saint-Étienne, Gagnaire received the offer in November 1996 to work as a chef at the 2-star restaurant Hotel Balzac on 6, rue Balzac in Paris . His restaurant was again awarded a third star in 1998. The Paris location proved to be a complete success for Gagnaire. He made connections with Japan and in 2002 opened his first restaurant abroad in London with Mourad Mazouz. The sketch in Mayfair is over two floors in an 18th century villa and is decorated in the dining room with pictures by British painter David Shrigley . The sketch kitchen has been awarded two Michelin stars.

In 2005 a second Parisian branch followed, the Gaya Rive Gauche in the Rue du Bac, with a bit more simple equipment than the Balzac. Gagnaire opened numerous other restaurants in quick succession, including in Tokyo in 2005 ( Pierre in Tokyo ), in Hong Kong in 2006 ( Pierre in Hong Kong ) and in Las Vegas in 2009. Most recently he set up a branch in the Hotel Interconti in Dubai .

He was married to Gabrielle Gagnaire until 1988, the marriage had two sons.

Movies

  • Paul Lacoste: Pierre Gagnaire. 2008, TV5 moons, 52 min., Digital video

Cookbooks (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hadrien Gonzales: La planète gourmande de Pierre Gagnaire . In: Le Figaro . June 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Internet site l'essor.fr
  3. ↑ Pierre Gagnaire in Elle magazine
  4. ↑ TimeOut Dubai website
  5. ↑ Internet site film-documentataire.fr
personal data
SURNAME Gagnaire, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gagnaire, Pierre Galmier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French chef of nouvelle cuisine
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Apinac