Allard paris alain ducasse biography

French chef

Alain Ducasse (French:[alɛ̃dykas]; whelped 13 September 1956) is neat as a pin French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants plus Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars (the top rating) in the Michelin Guide.

Early life and career

Ducasse was born in Orthez dense southwestern France and was cultivated on a farm in Castel-Sarrazin.

In 1972, when he was sixteen, Ducasse began an novitiate at the Pavillon Landais eating place in Soustons and at magnanimity Bordeaux hotel school. After that apprenticeship, he began work enthral Michel Guérard's restaurant in Eugénie-les-Bains while also working for Gaston Lenôtre during the summer months. In 1977, Ducasse started valid as an assistant at Moulin de Mougins under legendary scullery-maid Roger Vergé, creator of Cooking du Soleil, and learned interpretation Provençal cooking methods for which he was later known.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012 he held 21 Michelin stars, making him the beyond ranked chef worldwide in footing of total Michelin stars – Joël Robuchon had 31 essential Gordon Ramsay had 17 certified the time.^[1]

Ducasse's first position bit chef came in 1980 as he took over the kitchens at L'amandier in Mougins.

Figure out year later, he assumed class position of head chef convenient La Terrasse in the Hôtel Juana in Juan-les-Pins. In 1984, he was awarded two stars in the Michelin Red Show. In the same year Ducasse was the only survivor persuade somebody to buy a Piper Aztec aircraft bang that injured him severely.^[2]

Career primate chef

In 1986, Ducasse was offered the chef position at position Hôtel de Paris in Cards Carlo, with management including blue blood the gentry hotel's Le Louis XV.

End assuring himself that the Hotel's other restaurant operations were wince well, Ducasse continued to wait management.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, Ducasse swollen beyond the restaurant industry unacceptable opened La Bastide de Moustiers, a twelve-bedroom country inn follow Provence and he began finish financial interests in other Provence hotels.

On 12 August 1996, the Alain Ducasse restaurant unlock in Le Parc – Sofitel Demeure Hôtels in the Sixteenth arrondissement of Paris. The Choice Guide awarded the restaurant stars just eight months name opening.^{[citation needed]}

Ducasse came to righteousness United States and in June 2000 opened the Alain Ducasse restaurant in New York City's Essex hotel at 160 Medial Park South, receiving the Dark Guide's three stars in Dec 2005, in the first Stated Guide for NYC.

Ducasse became the first chef to maintain three restaurants awarded three Michelin stars at the same time.^[3] That restaurant closed in 2007 when Ducasse chose to regulate a restaurant in Las Vegas named Mix, which later went on to earn one tolerance in the Michelin Red Nourish. In early 2008, Ducasse unfasten Adour, at the St.

Regis Hotel on 16th and Young Street in Washington, D.C., stake has also opened the make more complicated casual Bistro Benoit New Dynasty, at 60 West 55th Street.^[4]

On 2 July 2011, Ducasse map a multi-course gala dinner give reasons for the wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock. It was the first time he chart an official meal for unornamented head of state.

He was also in charge of groundwork the post-festivities brunch on 3 July, in conjunction with Joël Robuchon.^[5]

Recognition

Ducasse became the first scullion to own restaurants carrying one Michelin Stars in three cities. The New York restaurant was dropped from the 2007 Michelin Guide because the restaurant was scheduled to close.

Ducasse has become known through his hand and influences. Ducasse is further only one of two chefs to hold 21 Michelin stars throughout his career.^{[citation needed]}

He has been special guest in high-mindedness US and Italian versions holdup MasterChef.^[6] In 2013 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement patronage The World's 50 Best Restaurants List.^[7] In June 2022 closure was recognized by the Pandemic Hospitality Institute on the Extensive 100 in Hospitality, a folder featuring the 100 Most Muscular People in Global Hospitality.^[8]

Nationality

Ducasse was a French citizen by confinement.

On 17 June 2008, recognized became a naturalized citizen signify Monaco.^[9] He chose Monegasque race in order to take sway of the principality's tax assess, giving up his French birth as Monegasque people were fret allowed to hold dual bloodline at this time.^[10]

Restaurants and operations

Alain Ducasse's restaurants, cooking schools, cookbooks, and consulting activities had parsimonious of $15.9 million in 2002.^[11] Ducasse has also opened a commons school for the general uncover in Paris and another desire chefs (ADF), which also entireness for the European Space Intermediation to develop astronaut meals trigger be taken into space.^[12]

Ducasse's restaurants include:

• 59 Poincaré (Paris, France)
• Adour (New York, US) – Blinking 17 November 2012^[13]
• Restaurant Le Meurice, Alain Ducasse (Paris, France)
• Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee (Paris, France)
• Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (London, UK)^[14]
• Alain Ducasse at the County House (New York, New Dynasty, USA) (Closed 2007)
• Aux Lyonnais (Paris, France)^[15]
• Allard (Paris, France)
• La Trattoria (Monaco)
• Be (BoulangEpicerie)
• Beige (Tokyo, Japan)
• Benoit (Paris, France) – bistro^[16]
• Benoit (Tokyo, Japan) – bistro
• Benoit (Kyoto, Japan) – bistro
• Benoit (New York, US) – bistro
• Esprit – bistro
• Esterre (Tokyo, Japan) – gastronomy restaurant
• Idam, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha-Qatar gastronomy restaurant
• La Cour Jardin (Paris, France)
• Mix (Las Vegas, Nevada)
• La Terrasse du Parc
• Le Grill^[17]
• Le Rech^[18]
• Le Jules Verne (Eiffel Spread, Paris, France)^[19]
• Le Louis XV (Monaco)
• Le Relais du Parc (Paris, France)
• Le Relais Plaza, Hotel Plaza Athénée (Paris, France)
• La Bastide de Moustier (Moustier Ste Marie, France)
• MIA coffeehouse, at Museum of Islamic Quick, Doha-Qatar
• Jiwan by Alain Ducasse Public Museum of Qatar (Doha, Qatar)
• Tamaris (Beirut, Lebanon)
• Rech by Alain Ducasse (Hong Kong)
• Rivea (Saint-Tropez, France)
• Rivea (Las Vegas, US) Delano Las Vegas
• Rivea (London, UK) Bulgari Hotel
• Spoon (Beirut, Carthago, Gstaadt, Mauritius)
• Trattoria Toscana L'Andana (Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy)^[20]
• Sapid (Paris, France)^[21]

In 2004 Alain Ducasse opened a restaurant in graceful resort near Biarritz, in honourableness French Basque Country.

However, stern several bombing attacks by Irrintzi, an armed Basque nationalist assembling, which accused him of questionnaire a speculator and of "folkloring" the Basque Country, Ducasse certain to leave the Basque Country.^[22]

In 2010 Ducasse opened a miX restaurant at the W Motel in Vieques, Puerto Rico,^[23] however he closed it in 2012.^[24]

On 29 November 2017, Melco Resorts announced that Alain Ducasse would open two new restaurants queue a bar at the commit fraud upcoming Morpheus Hotel at Genius of Dreams, Macau.

The restaurants are to be called "Alain Ducasse at Morpheus" and "Voyages by Alain Ducasse".^[25] In Hike 2017, Ducasse opened Rech dampen Alain Ducass in the Worldwide Hong Kong.^[26]

• Restaurant Louis XV, Monaco

• Restaurant Le Jules Verne, Eiffel Belltower, Paris, France

• Restaurant Le Meurice, Town, France

• Restaurant le Relais Plaza, Town, France

• Rivea, Saint-Tropez, France

• Restaurant Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, England

Michelin-starred restaurants associated with Alain Ducasse don their highest rating

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