Paul Pairet

Pairet was born in Perpignan and studied at a hotel school in Toulouse after a scientific study background. A chef/instructor who demonstrated diffusion and biochemical reactions in cooking impressed him as a student, and he decided to become a chef.{{cite news|title=Shanghai eatery pairs food, wine, light, sound|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ultraviolet-idUSBRE86903U20120710|accessdate=22 October 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=10 July 2012}}

Pairet was first noticed by the press while helming Café Mosaic in Paris in 1998. Over the next 15 years, he also worked in Istanbul, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Jakarta. In 2005, he settled in Shanghai to open Jade on 36, an avant-garde restaurant in the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel until he left in 2008.{{cite news|last=Kahn|first=Howie|title=Shanghai Surprise|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/shanghai-surprise/?_r=0|accessdate=22 October 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 August 2013}}

In April 2009, he opened Mr & Mrs Bund in the Bund 18 building, where he has been lauded for his witty takes on bistro classics. The restaurant was ranked the 7th best in Asia{{cite web|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2013|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2013-list.html|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|accessdate=28 November 2014}} and the 43rd best in the world in 2013,{{cite book|title=The World's 50 Best Restaurants Guide 2013|date=April 2013|publisher=Tim Brooke-Webb / William Reed Business Media Ltd|pages=20|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2013}} making it the first restaurant in Mainland China to be ranked on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list. In 2014: No. 11 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants,{{cite web|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2014|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2014-list.html|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=13 June 2015}} and No. 76 in the world's list.{{cite web|url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Events-Awards/The-World-s-50-Best-Restaurants-2014-51-100|title=The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2014: 51-100|website=BigHospitality|date=27 April 2014 |accessdate=17 May 2017}} In 2015: No. 21 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2015-list.html|title=Archive - 2015 List|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2017-05-17}} In 2016: No. 28 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2016-list.html|title=Archive - 2016 List|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2017-05-17}} Since 2016, it has become one of the members of Collège Culinaire de France.

In February 2010, Pairet presented his idea for a restaurant of one table that used technology to offer an immersive, multi-sensory dining experience in public for the first time, at the OFF5 Omnivore Food Festival in Deauville, France.{{cite web|title=Omnivore Food Festival Deauville 2010 - Le Film|url=http://vimeo.com/14430169|website=Vimeo|accessdate=29 November 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Pham|first1=Anne-Laure|title=Plats trompe-l'oeil chez Omnivore (24 February 2010)|url=http://blogs.lexpress.fr/styles/la-soif-du-miam/tag/omnivore/|website=L'Express Styles|accessdate=29 November 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Billecart|first1=Raphaël|title=La jeune cuisine sur les planches (26 February 2010)|url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/art-de-vivre/jeune-cuisine-sur-planches-260210-27841|website=Le Figaro Madame|accessdate=29 November 2014|date=2014-09-18}}{{cite web|title=About the Chef|url=http://www.paulpairet.com/bio|accessdate=22 October 2013}}

After planning and development since 1996, this idea became the restaurant Ultraviolet, which opened in Shanghai in an undisclosed location in May 2012. The restaurant's unique concept is based on Pairet's theory of “psycho-taste”, or the psychology and emotions associated with food. He believes that our perception of taste can be altered through engaging different senses and emotional triggers as we eat, and has been quoted as saying “Food is ultimately about emotion, and emotion goes beyond taste.”{{cite news|last=Fabris-Shi|first=Amy|title=Shanghai: Ne Plus Ultra|url=http://www.destinasian.com/resources/news-briefs/shanghai-restaurant-ne-plus-ultra/|accessdate=22 October 2013|newspaper=Destinasian|date=16 October 2012}}

Ultraviolet was ranked the 8th best restaurant in Asia by Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list in both 2013 and 2014,{{cite web|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2013|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2013-list.html|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=13 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2014|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2014-list.html|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=13 June 2015}} and the 60th best restaurant in the world in 2013,{{cite book|title=The World's 50 Best Restaurants Guide 2013|date=April 2013|publisher=Tim Brooke-Webb, William Reed Business Media Ltd|pages=89}} and the 58th in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Events-Awards/The-World-s-50-Best-Restaurants-2014-51-100|title=The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2014: 51-100|website=BigHospitality|date=27 April 2014 |accessdate=17 May 2017}} In 2015: No. 3 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants,{{cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2015-list.html|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2015|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=30 June 2016}} and No. 24 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2015|title=The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015|website=The World's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=30 June 2016}} In 2016: No. 7 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2016-list.html|title=Archive - 2016 List|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2017-05-17}} and No. 42 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2016|title=Past List 2016|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2017-05-17}} In 2017: No. 8 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2017-list.html|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017: 1-50|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2018-03-27}} and No. 41 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2017|title=1-50 The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants 2017|website=www.theworlds50best.com|access-date=2018-07-28}} In 2018: No. 8 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants and winner of Art of Hospitality Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/awards/art-of-hospitality-award.html|title=Art of Hospitality Award 2018|website=ASIA EN|access-date=2018-04-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/previous-lists/2018-list.html|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2018|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|access-date=2019-06-29}} and No. 24 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2018|title=The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants 2018|website=The World's 50 Best Restaurants|access-date=2019-06-29}} In 2019: No. 6 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/asias-50-best-restaurants.html#t1-50|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2019|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|access-date=2019-06-29}} and No. 48 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners#t1-50|title=The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants 2019|website=The World's 50 Best Restaurants|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}

On 21 September 2017, the second edition of Michelin Guide Shanghai released the result for 2018, and Ultraviolet received three Michelin stars, which still remain now.{{Cite web|url=https://www.viamichelin.com/web/Restaurant/Shanghai-_-Ultra_Violet-506727-41102|title=Ultraviolet - Shanghai : a Michelin Guide restaurant|website=www.viamichelin.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}} Since October 2014, Ultraviolet has been one of the members of Les Grandes Tables du Monde.{{Cite web|url=https://lesgrandestablesdumonde.com/en/restaurant/ultraviolet-by-paul-pairet/|title=ULTRAVIOLET BY PAUL PAIRET|website=Les Grandes Tables du Monde|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-14}} In 2018, it was one of world's greatest places released by Time.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2018/5356558/ultraviolet-shanghai-china/|title=Ultraviolet: The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2018|magazine=Time|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-14}}

In February 2017, Pairet launched a carvery The Chop Chop Club with Unïco Shanghai. Pairet featured whole pieces of meat and fish for mains, carved and served at the peak of the dishes – "released based on a nightly schedule, the names and times of which are displayed with prices and available portions on a digital screen with live updates of 'buy now' and 'sold out' statuses."{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/article/chop-chop-club-paul-pairet|title=The Chop Chop Club by Paul Pairet|website=City Weekend|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}} with "some larger pieces to be shared between different, unconnected tables"{{Cite news|url=https://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/culinary-stops/chop-chop-club-shanghai/|title=The Chop Chop Club by Paul Pairet|work=Fine Dining Lovers|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}} or to be served as whole for an entire table. It was closed due to the closure of Unïco Shanghai in September 2018.

In mid-March 2019, Pairet opened an all-day dining, French cafe called Polux, in Xintiandi Shanghai.{{Cite web|url=https://www.finedininglovers.fr/blog/news-et-tendances/paul-pairet-nouveau-restaurant-shangai-polux/|title=Paul Pairet ouvre un nouveau restaurant à Shangai baptisé Polux|website=Fine Dining Lovers|language=fr|access-date=2019-06-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://foodandsens.com/f-and-s-live/nouvelle-table-polux-by-paul-pairet-la-tradition-culinaire-francaise-au-coeur-de-shanghai/|title=Nouvelle table - Polux by Paul Pairet - La tradition culinaire française au coeur de Shanghai|date=2019-03-30|website=Food & Sens|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-06-29}}

Pairet was one of the chef juries for the S. Pellegrino Young Chef 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpellegrinoyoungchef.com/en/paul-pairet-interview|title=Paul Pairet: "Bring Emotion to the Dinner"|website=S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2019-2020|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpellegrinoyoungchef.com/en/s-pellegrino-young-chef-2018|title=S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2019-2020|website=S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2019-2020|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}

Pairet appeared as a guest judge in the 5th episode of Top Chef France Season 10 which was released on 6 March 2019. The contestants were given a challenge to make a dish based on Pairet's Twin Concept, a mirror dish called "Tomato Mozza And Again" which has been served at Ultraviolet.{{Citation|title=Top chef : Episode 5 saison 10 - Autre - Télé-Loisirs|url=https://www.programme-tv.net/programme/autre/r989-top-chef/14712701-episode-5/|language=fr|access-date=2019-06-29}}{{Citation|last=film&serie|title=Top chef saison 10 épisode 05 (2019)|date=2019-03-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWhnUYHGGB4|access-date=2019-06-29}} He went on to become one of the jury members in Season 11,{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/top-chef-paul-pairet-remplace-jean-francois-piege-sur-m6-03-09-2019-8144478.php|title="Top Chef" : Paul Pairet remplace Jean-François Piège sur M6|last1=à 12h41|first1=Par Michaël ZoltobrodaLe 3 septembre 2019|last2=À 12h42|first2=Modifié Le 3 Septembre 2019|date=2019-09-03|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/styles/saveurs/paul-pairet-chef-3-etoiles-on-ne-refuse-pas-d-etre-jure-a-top-chef_2065695.html|title=Paul Pairet, chef 3 étoiles : "On ne refuse pas d'être juré à Top Chef !"|date=2019-03-07|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Medias/Top-Chef-Qui-est-Paul-Pairet-le-remplacant-de-Jean-Francois-Piege-1645060|title="Top Chef" : Qui est Paul Pairet, le remplaçant de Jean-François Piège ?|last=Match|first=Paris|website=parismatch.com|date=3 September 2019 |language=fr|access-date=2019-12-14}} and Season 12.

Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013 Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants,{{cite book|title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2013|date=February 2013|publisher=Tim Brooke-Webb / William Reed Business Media|pages=8–9}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/awards/lifetime-achievement-award-asia.html#|title=2013 Lifetime Achievement Award - Asia - Paul Pairet|website=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants|publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd|accessdate=13 June 2015}} a list affiliated with the World's 50 Best Restaurants; Chefs' Choice Award in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/awards/chefs-choice-award.html|title=Chefs' Choice Award 2018, sponsored by Estrella Damm|website=ASIA EN|access-date=2018-04-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-shanghai-ultra-violet/index.html|title=Is this the world's most innovative restaurant?|last=Stout|first=Kristie Lu|date=2016-08-25|website=CNN Travel|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartshanghai.com/wire/dining/shanghai-wins-three-spots-a-chefs-choice-award-on-asias-50-best-restaurants-list|title=Shanghai Wins Three Spots & A Chef's Choice Award On Asia's 50 Best Restaurants List {{!}} SmartShanghai|website=www.smartshanghai.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}

The 100 Chefs by Le Chef magazine since 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.lechef.com/au-quotidien/2018-11-26-arnaud-donckele-en-tete-du-classement-les-100-chefs-2019/|title=Arnaud Donckele en tête du classement «Les 100 Chefs» 2019|website=Le Chef|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/100-best-chefs-world-2019-see-full-list|title=100 Best Chefs in The World 2019 - See The Full List|website=www.finedininglovers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/best-chef-in-the-world-2020|title=100 Best chefs in the world 2020 - see the full list|website=www.finedininglovers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}

Restaurateur of the Year 2018, Les Grandes Tables Du Monde{{Cite web|url=https://lesgrandestablesdumonde.com/en/price-2018/|title=Les prix 2018|date=2018-10-18|website=Les Grandes Tables du Monde|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite journal |date=2018-10-11 |title=Les Grandes Tables du Monde décernent leurs prix d'excellence |url=https://www.neorestauration.com/article/les-grandes-tables-du-monde-decernent-leurs-prix-d-excellence,42946 |journal=Neo Restauration |language=fr|last1= Restauration|first1= Neo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.levif.be/actualite/international/et-le-meilleur-restaurateur-du-monde-est/article-normal-1037731.html|title=Et le meilleur restaurateur du monde est...|date=2018-10-09|website=Site-LeVif-FR|access-date=2019-12-14}}

The 50 most influential French people in the world in 2019 by Vanity Fair France.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/people/story/les-50-francais-les-plus-influents-du-monde-en-2019/10676|title=Les 50 Français les plus influents du monde en 2019|last1=Fair|first1=Vanity|last2=France|first2=Condé Nast Digital|date=2019-11-20|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-14}}

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