Sébastien Masi

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| known_for = Michelin starred Locks Brasserie

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Sébastien Masi (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 16 July 1974[http://www.pearl-brasserie.com/1sebastien_masi.htm Pearl Brasserie]) is a French head chef and Michelin star winning restaurateur with restaurant Locks Brasserie.

Masi emigrated to Ireland in 1994 to work and train at Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud. Later he worked in The Commons Restaurant. Due to head chefs leaving the restaurant, he became the head chef of a Michelin starred restaurant at the age of 22. He was not able to retain the star for 1998.[http://arrow.dit.ie/tourdoc/12/ The emergence, development and influence of French Haute Cuisine on public dining in Dublin restaurants 1900-2000: an oral history. Thesis DIT by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, 2009. 3 downloadable volumes.] Part 2, p. 390-391

Masi left The Commons Restaurant in September 2000. In October 2000 he, and his partner Kirsten Batt, opened Pearl Brasserie in Merrion Street.[http://arrow.dit.ie/tourdoc/12/ The emergence, development and influence of French Haute Cuisine on public dining in Dublin restaurants 1900-2000: an oral history. Thesis DIT by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, 2009. 3 downloadable volumes.] Part 2, p. 390-391{{cite news |title= French Pearl|first= Paulo|last= Tullio|url= http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/item/12451-french-pearl|newspaper= Business & Leadership|date= 17 May 2009|accessdate=28 October 2012}}

In 2010, Masi and Batt took ownership of Locks Brasserie in Portobello, Dublin. In September 2012, the brasserie was awarded a Michelin star.{{cite news|title=Michelin stars awarded to two Irish restaurants|first=Joanne|last=Hunt|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0928/1224324536162.html|newspaper=Irish Times|date=28 September 2012|accessdate=28 September 2012}} In July 2015, the brasserie was closed.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075630/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1583107.ece Star restaurant falls to Michelin 'curse']