Pierre Gagnaire
{{short description|French chef}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Pierre Gagnaire
| image = L'équipe Côté Chic aux côtés de Pierre Gagnaire.jpg
| caption = Gagnaire (third from right) at his restaurant
| birth_date = {{b-da|9 April 1950}}
| birth_place = Apinac, Loire, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse =
| style = Modern French/New French
| education =
| ratings = Michelin stars {{Michelinstar|3|3}}
| restaurants = {{plainlist|
- Restaurant Pierre Gagnaire (Paris) {{Michelinstar|3|3}}
- Sketch (London) {{Michelinstar|3|3}}
}}
| television = Fuji TV: Iron Chef (1995)
| website = {{URL|pierre-gagnaire.com}}
}}
Pierre Gagnaire (born 9 April 1950) is a French chef, and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris (in the 8th arrondissement). Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefront of the fusion cuisine movement.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Beginning his career in St. Etienne where he won three Michelin Stars, Gagnaire tore at the conventions of classic French cooking by introducing jarring juxtapositions of flavours, tastes, textures, and ingredients.
On his website, Gagnaire gives his mission statement as the wish to run a restaurant which is 'facing tomorrow but respectful of yesterday' ("tourné vers demain mais soucieux d'hier").{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
In Europe
The restaurant, Pierre Gagnaire, specializes in modern French cuisine and has garnered three Michelin stars. Gagnaire is also head chef of Sketch in London.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/5760309/Pierre-Gagnaire-all-the-fun-of-the-fare.html | title=Pierre Gagnaire: all the fun of the fare | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| location=UK | first=Rose | last=Prince | date=9 July 2009 }}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/7767406/Pierre-Gagnaire-Keep-your-mind-open-in-the-kitchen.html | title=Pierre Gagnaire: Keep your mind open in the kitchen | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| location=UK | first=Rose | last=Prince | date=27 May 2010 }} In 2005, both restaurants were ranked in the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants by industry magazine Restaurant,S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants [http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2005 2005 Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902054329/http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2005 |date=2 September 2011 }} with Pierre Gagnaire ranking third for three consecutive years (2006, 2007, and 2008).S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants [http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2006 2006 Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902054533/http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2006 |date=2 September 2011 }}S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants [http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2007 2007 Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030104149/http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2007 |date=30 October 2011 }}S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants [http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2008/ 2008 Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914023542/http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/past-lists/2008/ |date=14 September 2013 }}
In the United States
In December 2009, Gagnaire made his United States debut with Twist, a new restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas, which received a Forbes Five-Star Award{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} but has since closed.
Media appearances
Pierre Gagnaire has made appearances on Fuji TV's Iron Chef. He represented France in the 1995 Iron Chef World Cup in Tokyo, with the other chefs chosen being Italy's Gianfranco Vissani and Hong Kong's Xu Cheng as well as Iron Chef Japanese Rokusaburo Michiba representing Japan. He also appeared in the "France Battle Special" at Château de Brissac, where he battled Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Politics
In 2024, he was approached to stand in the 2024 European Parliament election to stand as a candidate for the Rural Alliance, but decided against it.{{Cite web |last=Godement |first=Valérie |date=5 December 2023 |title=L'Alliance Rurale : qui est derrière la liste aux élections européennes, avec quel programme ? |url=https://www.reussir.fr/lalliance-rurale-la-nouvelle-liste-emmenee-par-willy-schraen-se-presentera-aux-prochaines-elections |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=reussir.fr}}.
Awards
In 2015, Gagnaire won a Best Chef in the World award.{{cite web| url=https://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/news-trends/100-best-chefs-in-the-world-le-chef/ | title=Le Chef Lists 100 of The Best Chefs in the World | website=FineDiningLovers.com | date=2015 | accessdate=25 October 2015 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.foodiva.net/2015/04/meet-pierre-gagnaire-the-best-chef-in-the-world/ | title=Meet Pierre Gagnaire, the 'best chef in the world' | website=FoodDiva.net | date=April 2015 | accessdate=25 October 2015 }}
Restaurants
- Paris, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Pierre Gagnaire], 1996–
- Paris, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Gaya rive gauche par Pierre Gagnaire], 2005–
- Berlin, Les Solistes by Pierre Gagnaire, 2013–2016 (closed)
- Bordeaux, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ La Grande Maison]
- Châtelaillon, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Gaya Cuisine De Bords de Mer]
- Courchevel, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Piero TT], 2007–
- Danang, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ La Maison 1888]
- Dubai, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Restaurant CHOIX Pâtisserie TT Restaurant par Pierre Gagnaire], 2008–
- Gordes, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Peir] 2015-
- Hong Kong, Pierre, 2006–2020
- Las Vegas, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Twist], 2009–
- London, Sketch, 2002–
- Moscow, Les Menus par Pierre Gagnaire, (closed)
- Riyadh, Acacia by Pierre Gagnaire, (closed)
- Seoul, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul], 2008–
- Saint-Tropez, Colette, (closed)
- Shanghai, [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire], 2017–
- Tokyo, http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Pierre Gagnaire - Tokyo], 2005–
- Barrière Hotels group (Paris, Enghien les Bains, Courchevel, Toulouse, Cannes, La Baule) [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Fouquet's]
References
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External links
- [http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Official website]
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