:Alain Roux
{{Short description|British-French chef and restaurateur}}
{{for|the companion of William the Conqueror known as Alain le Roux|Alan Rufus}}
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| name = Alain Roux
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| caption = Alain Roux, photographed in 2005
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{Nowrap|London, England, United Kingdom}}
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| style = French cuisine
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- Michelin stars {{Michelinstar|3|3}}
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- The Waterside Inn {{Michelinstar|3}}
- Le Normandie (Bangkok) {{Michelinstar|1|3}}
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Alain Roux (born 27 March 1968),{{cite web|title=Alain Roux, Esq's Biography |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/r/26269/Alain+ROUX.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121161700/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/r/26269/Alain+ROUX.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |publisher=Debrett's |accessdate=11 August 2012 }} is a British Michelin starred chef, and chef-patron of The Waterside Inn. He is one of the members of the Roux family, and son of Michel Roux.
Career
Roux first decided to be a chef at the age of 14, something which his chef father, Michel Roux described as being equally "over the moon" and "disturbed" about. Alain spent eight years in France training at various restaurants. He was sent first to the Pâtisserie Millet in Paris in 1984 to undergo an apprenticeship as a pastry chef. He stayed there until 1986 when the apprenticeship was completed, and he moved around a number of different Michelin starred restaurants for the rest of his time in France, including three starred Restaurant Pic, Le Domaine d'Orvault, La Bonne Etape, Château de Montreuil and La Côte Saint-Jacques.{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Simon|author2=Darwood, Daniel|title=Chef Interview: Alain Roux (November 2009)|url=http://www.fine-dining-guide.com/alain-roux-interview-2009|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Fine Dining Guide|date=27 November 2009}} Whilst in France, he served his period of military conscription as a chef at the Élysée Palace.
Roux moved back to his family's Waterside Inn in Bray, Berkshire, at the age of 23 in 1992 where he became a demi-chef de partie. In 1995, he became sous chef and he took over from his father as chef-patron of the Waterside Inn in 2002.{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Joanna|title=Michel and Alain Roux: A profile|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/23/08/2007/315580/michel-and-alain-roux-a-profile.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118213126/http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/23/08/2007/315580/michel-and-alain-roux-a-profile.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2013|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Caterer and Hotelkeeper|date=23 August 2007}}{{cite news|last=Ruddick|first=Peter|title=Alain Roux on three Michelin stars: Things are never for life|url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/People/Alain-Roux-on-three-Michelin-stars-Things-are-never-for-life|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Big Hospitality|date=16 May 2012}} Before this, in 2000, he joined Relais Desserts, an international society of pastry chefs.
Roux was chef-patron in 2010 when the Waterside Inn celebrated becoming the first restaurant outside France to hold three Michelin stars for 25 years.{{cite news|title=Michel and Alain Roux celebrate 25 years of three Michelin stars at the Waterside Inn|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/guide-girl/2010/05/michel-and-alain-roux-celebrate-25-years-of-three-michelin-stars-at-the-waterside-inn-1.html|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Guide Girl|date=19 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816090924/http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/guide-girl/2010/05/michel-and-alain-roux-celebrate-25-years-of-three-michelin-stars-at-the-waterside-inn-1.html|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}} Alain is one of the judges of the Roux Scholarship,{{cite news|title=The Roux Scholarship 2011 - judges Alain Roux and Michel Roux Jnr|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/tabletalk/media/rouxscholarship2011/the-roux-scholarship-2011-judges-alain-roux-and-14155.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118183234/http://www.caterersearch.com/tabletalk/media/rouxscholarship2011/the-roux-scholarship-2011-judges-alain-roux-and-14155.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2013|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Table Talk|date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=Alain Roux|url=http://www.rouxscholarship.co.uk/judges/judge_alain_roux.php|publisher=The Roux Scholarship|accessdate=11 August 2012|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501105840/http://www.rouxscholarship.co.uk/judges/judge_alain_roux.php|url-status=dead}} and has appeared as a celebrity chef judge on MasterChef: The Professionals.{{cite news|title=Claire Lara wins Masterchef: The Professionals 2010|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/guide-girl/2010/11/claire-lara-wins-masterchef-the-professionals-2010.html|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Guide Girl|date=2 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819084327/http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/guide-girl/2010/11/claire-lara-wins-masterchef-the-professionals-2010.html|archive-date=19 August 2012|url-status=dead}} In 2011, he developed new menus for the Business Premier class onboard Eurostar trains.{{cite news|title=Eurostar upgrades its Business Premier Class|url=http://www.easyvoyage.co.uk/travel-headlines/eurostar-upgrades-its-business-premier-class-5503|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Easy Voyage|date=14 April 2011}}
Roux leads the 1-Michelin-starred French restaurant Le Normandie of the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok, Thailand from 1 December 2021 onwards.{{cite news|title=It's Official! เชฟ Alain Roux จาก The Waterside Inn เตรียมนำทีม Le Normandie ตั้งแต่ 1 ธันวาคม 2564 เป็นต้นไป|url=https://thestandard.co/alain-roux-leading-le-normandie/|accessdate=26 November 2021|newspaper=The Standard|date=24 November 2021|language=th|first=วรรษชล |last=คัวดรี้}}
Personal life
Alain is a member of the Roux family. He is the son of Michel Roux, nephew of Albert Roux and cousin to Albert's son, Michel Roux, Jr.
References
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