Michel Roux Jr.

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Michel Roux Jr.
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Michel Roux
Born Pembury, Kent[1]
Education Patissier Hellegouarche
Le Gavroche
Alain Chapel
French Army/Elysee Palace
Pierre Koffman
Emanuel School
Spouse(s) Giselle
Children 1
Website http://www.michelroux.co.uk
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
Television show(s)

Michel Albert Roux (born 23 May 1960),[1] known as Michel Roux Jr., is a French-English two-star Michelin chef at the London restaurant Le Gavroche.[2]

Early life

Roux was born at Pembury maternity hospital in Kent, whilst his father Albert Roux was working for the horse race trainer Major Peter Cazalet.[3] The family moved to London in 1967, when Albert and his brother Michel Roux opened Le Gavroche. Roux Jr. was subsequently educated at the private Emanuel School in Battersea, south-west London

Apprenticeship and training

After leaving school at age 16, Roux undertook apprenticeship work with Master Patissier, Hellegouarche in Paris.[1] From summer 1979 through January 1980, he worked as a commis de cuisine at Le Gavroche, under both his father and his uncle. He then spent two years as a commis de cuisine trainee under Alain Chapel at his hotel and restaurant in Mionnay, in the Rhône-Alpes region near Lyon.[1][2]

After undertaking basic training with the French Army, from February 1982 to March 1983 he served his military service at the Elysee Palace, working for both Presidents Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand. Having finished his military service, Roux then worked for four months in Paris: two months at Charcuterie Gérard Mothu in St-Mandé; and then two months at Boucherie Lamartine on the Avenue Victor-Hugo.[2]

Returning to London, in August 1983 he learned accountancy at Finlay Robertson, before becoming the Sous Chef at Gavvers. He then took the opportunity to work with renowned chef Pierre Koffman at his Chelsea restaurant La Tante Claire, reverting to the rank of Commis Chef to do so. From October to December 1983, he worked at the Mandarin Hotel, Hong Kong.

Career

Having served his apprenticeship and training mainly away from the Roux brothers' British business empire, he joined his uncle at the Waterside Inn, in Bray, Berkshire in 1985, before working with his father at Le Gavroche from the April of the same year. He then worked in and managed the Roux brothers catering business for three years, before returning to Le Gavroche in 1990, the year the two brothers split their business down family lines.[2] When his father retired in 1993, Michel Jr took over the world famous restaurant.

A food consultant to the Walbrook club since 2003, he also consults for the fine dining providers Restaurant Associates. Roux has also written several books, including Le Gavroche Cookbook; The Marathon Chef; and Matching Food and Wine, which was named the best book on matching wine and food at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.[4]

Media

Roux has made various television appearances, including on his friend Gordon Ramsay's ITV produced Hell's Kitchen, and as an expert judge on the BBC Two programme MasterChef: The Professionals (2008–13). In 2012 he appeared as a guest judge on Masterchef South Africa. From 2013 until 2014, Roux co-presented BBC Two's Food and Drink alongside Kate Goodman. In 2013 he appeared as one of the mentors in the series The Chef's Protege.

In March 2014 Roux announced that he was leaving the BBC due to a conflict over his brand ambassadorship for Albert Bartlett Rooster potatoes.[5] In 2015, Roux returned to television and presented First Class Chefs for the Disney Channel and Kitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jr for Channel 4.

Personal life

Roux is married to French-national Giselle, who has worked in the restaurant business for years and is currently the secretary at Le Gavroche.[6] The couple have a daughter, Emily, who is training to be a chef. The family lives in London.[4]

A lover of alcohol, Roux does not drink between Monday and Friday,[7] but enjoys Krug champagne at the weekend. Roux is a big rugby fan and is an honorary member of Harlequins and goes to most matches.[8] He also likes Manchester United,[9] and is a keen marathon runner, having run the London marathon twelve times to raise funds for the children's charity VICTA (Visually Impaired Children Taking Action).[1][4] Michel's interest in this charity stems partly from his own experiences with vision loss due to retinal detachment in 2004 and 2007 (one in each eye) and cataracts in 2008 and 2010 (again, one in each eye). Subsequent medical treatments led to improvements in vision.[10]

Publications

References

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