Chef pierre gagnaire biography for kids
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Pierre Gagnaire facts for kids
Gagnaire (third from right) at his restaurant | |
| Born | 9 April 1950 (1950-04-09) (age 74) Apinac, Loire, France |
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| Cooking style | Modern French/New French |
Current restaurant(s)
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Television show(s) Fuji TV: Iron Chef (1995) | |
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. 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
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Interview by Judit Kawaguchi
I’m very lucky that I am a little talented with my hands. One day I realized that, for me, it’s possible to tell a story with food. That’s all I know how to do. Only that.
Food is a way to give tenderness to people. I put all my love and energy into my dishes. For 42 years I’ve been trying to be honest and to define food as a part of life. My form of expression is cooking, but it’s not the food, it is the people (those who make it and those who eat it) who are the most important ingredients in life. And that’s the simple truth, no matter how elaborate my dishes get.
The best recipe for happiness is to give pleasure to others.I feel so good because I create little links between so many people with my cooking. When they eat my dishes, they feel something and somehow it all clicks: Through the meal, people connect to those who they share the dishes with. The food can also conjure up some memories that allow them to have conv
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Pierre Gagnaire
French chef
Pierre Gagnaire | |
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Gagnaire (third from right) at his restaurant | |
| Born | 9 April 1950 (1950-04-09) (age 74) Apinac, Loire, France |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Modern French/New French |
Current restaurant(s)
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| Website | pierre-gagnaire.com |
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