Alain Ducasse

The Shape of Things to Come?

Washington Post - Found Jul. 15, 2008
Word that Alain Ducasse would be opening a restaurant in Washington in September -- Adour at the St. Regis (923 16th St. NW) -- sent us straight to

Posted on July 15, 2008, 8:36 am

The land of foie gras takes to the 3-star hamburger

International Herald Tribune - Found Jul. 16, 2008
... mayonnaise and fries, the burger at Le Dali costs 35 euros, about $56. Romain Corbière, the chef at Alain Ducasse's restaurant Le Relais du...
Burgers turn chic - International Herald Tribune
In Paris, Burgers Turn Chic - New York Times
In Paris, hamburgers are tasty fad, works of art - Chicago Tribune
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New York Times

Posted on July 16, 2008, 1:41 pm

Burger Chefs

New York Times - Found Jul. 16, 2008
There?s a burger at Alain Ducasse?s Le Relais du Parc, and a pair of mini-burgers at L?Atelier de Joël Robuchon.

Posted on July 16, 2008, 11:03 am

Tokyo emerges as global culinary power

USA Today - Found Jul. 10, 2008
... of the best French and Italian food in the world, and international superstars Gordon Ramsay, Alain Ducasse, Joel Robuchon and Pierre Gagnaire...

Posted on July 10, 2008, 5:57 am

A Museum of Familiar French

New York Times - Found Jul. 8, 2008
... cook named Alain Ducasse bought it, and was promptly hailed in some quarters as an altruistic preservationist. It turns out that Mr. Ducasse is...

Posted on July 8, 2008, 12:48 pm

Superchef Alain Ducasse flees France

The Times - Found Jun. 23, 2008
Alain Ducasse, the holder of 14 Michelin stars and a worlwide restaurant and hotel empire, has given up his French citizenship for the...

Posted on June 23, 2008, 8:28 am

Zagat Releases New Chicago Restaurants Guide

FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 25, 2008
In the works are venues from a number of celebrity chefs including Terrance Brennan, Alain Ducasse, Todd English, Gordon Ramsay, Joel Robuchon...

Posted on June 25, 2008, 11:01 am

Chef Alain Ducasse opens new restaurant in St. Regis Washington

Washington Business Journal - Found May. 30, 2008
A new restaurant hits town this September in the newly renovated St. Regis Washington D.C. Named Adour by Chef Alain Ducasse, it will follow in the

Posted on May 30, 2008, 2:29 am

Chef Alain Ducasse opens new restaurant in St. Regis Washington

Conde Nast Portfolio - Found May. 30, 2008
A new restaurant hits town this September in the newly renovated St. Regis Washington D.C.Named Adour by Chef Alain Ducasse, it will follow in the

Posted on May 30, 2008, 12:58 pm

Three Treats

Washington Post - Found Jun. 13, 2008
BENOIT (60 W. 55th St., 646-943-7373): Celebrity chef Alain Ducasse adds to his global empire with a French bistro inspired by the 96-year-old...

Posted on June 13, 2008, 3:21 am

Alain Ducasse Biography

Alain Ducasse
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Alain Ducasse
Born September 13, 1956 (1956-09-13) (age 51)
Castel-Sarrazin, France
Official Website

Alain Ducasse (b. September 13th 1956 on a farm in Castel-Sarrazin in southwestern France) is a famous Monégasque (formerly French) chef. In addition to his Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he also operates an eponymous restaurant at the Plaza Athénée in Paris. Until the closure of his New York restaurant at the Essex House hotel, he held three stars (the top ranking) in the Michelin Guide in three different countries simultaneously. In January 2007 he took the position as chef of the Jules Verne Restaurant located in the Eiffel Tower in Paris [1].

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History

In 1972, when he was sixteen, Ducasse began an apprenticeship at the Pavillon Landais restaurant in Soustons and at the Bordeaux hotel school. After this apprenticeship, he began work at Michel Guérard’s restaurant in Eugénie-les-Bains while also working for Gaston Lenôtre during the summer months. In 1977, Ducasse started working as an assistant at Moulin de Mougins under legendary chef Roger Vergé, creator of Cuisine du Soleil, and learned the Provençal cooking methods for which he was later known.

Ducasse's first position as chef came in 1980 when he took over the kitchens at L’Amandier in Eugène Mougin. One year later, he assumed the position of head chef at La Terrasse in the Hôtel Juana in Juan-les-Pins. In 1984, he was awarded two stars in the Michelin Red Guide. In that same year, Ducasse was the only survivor of a Lear jet crash that nearly took his life.

Career as chef

In 1987, Ducasse was offered the Chef des Cuisines position at the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo, with management including the hotel's high end Le Louis XV restaurant. After three years, Louis XV was awarded three stars in the Red Guide. After assuring himself that the Hotel's other restaurant operations were operating well, Ducasse gave up management of all but the Le Louis XV restaurant.

In 1995, Ducasse expanded beyond the restaurant industry and opened La Bastide de Moustiers, a twelve-bedroom country inn in Provence and he began attaining financial interests in other Provence hotels. On August 12, 1996, the Alain Ducasse restaurant opened in Le Parc – Sofitel Demeure Hôtels in the XVIe arrondissement (16th district) of Paris, France. The Red Guide awarded the restaurant three stars just eight months after opening.

Ducasse came to the United States and in June 2000 opened the Alain Ducasse restaurant in New York City's Jumeirah Essex House hotel at 160 Central Park South, receiving the Red Guide's three stars in December 2001. That restaurant closed in 2007. In early 2008, Ducasse opened Adour, at the St. Regis Hotel on 2 East 55th Street, and has plans to open Bistro Benoit New York, at 60 West 55th Street.[2]

Recognition

Ducasse became the first chef to own restaurants carrying three Michelin Stars in three cities: Le Louis XV in Monte Carlo, the Plaza Athénée in Paris, and Alain Ducasse at Essex House in New York. The New York restaurant was dropped from the 2007 Michelin Guide because the restaurant was scheduled to close.

Plaza Athénée in Paris earned a score of 19/20 points in the Gault Millau guide and ranked 18th in the Guide's European Restaurant Ranking. Before closing, the New York restaurant attained the New York Times four-star review and the Mobil Guide's five-star award.

Other restaurants and operations

The Alain Ducasse Group of restaurants, inns, cooking schools, cookbooks, and consulting activities had revenues of $15.9 million in 2002 and employs approximately 1400 people (in 2006). Since that time, Ducasse has been expanding his reach. Alain Ducasse has also opened a cooking school for the general public in Paris and another for chefs (ADF), which also works for the European Space Agency to develop astronaut meals to be taken into space. Ducasse has also authored numerous books, with the most famous being Alain Ducasse Culinary Encyclopedia.

In 2005, Ducasse opened his first Asian restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. Other Ducasse restaurants include:

  • 59 Poincaré (Paris, France)
  • Adour (New York, USA)
  • Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester (London)
  • Aux Lyonnais (Paris, France) (www.auxlyonnais.com)
  • Bar & Boeuf (Monaco)
  • Be (BoulangEpicerie)
  • Beige (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Benoit (Paris, France) - bistrot (www.benoit-paris.com)
  • Benoit (Tokyo, Japan) - bistrot
  • Benoit (New York, USA) - bistrot (www.benoitny.com)
  • La Cour Jardin (Paris, France)
  • Mix in Las Vegas (Las Vegas, USA)
  • La Terrasse du Parc
  • Le Rech (www.rech.fr)
  • Le Relais du Parc (Paris, France)
  • Le Relais Palza (Paris, France)
  • Tamaris (Beirut, Lebanon)
  • Spoon (Paris, Saint-Tropez, Beirut, Carthago, Gstaadt, Mauritius, Hong-Kong)
  • Trattoria Toscana (Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy)

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