Le Gavroche
Coordinates: 51°30′39″N 0°9′18″W / 51.51083°N 0.15500°W
Le Gavroche (The Urchin) is a restaurant at 43 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair (London, England). It was opened in 1967 by Michel and Albert Roux although the original premises were at 61 Lower Sloane Street until 1981.
The restaurant offers classical French food, although some dishes come with something of a modern twist. Notable dishes are Soufflé Suissesse (cheese soufflé baked on double cream); Le Caneton Gavroche (whole poached duck in a light consommé served with three sauces for two); and Omelette Rothschild.
Albert's son Michel Roux Jr is the current chef patron having taken over the kitchen in 1991. Under his stewardship Le Gavroche has been consistently placed in Restaurant's Top 50. The current head chef is Rachel Humphrey.
In 1982 it became the first restaurant in the UK to be awarded three Michelin stars although it was demoted to two stars in 1993. Regarding the loss of the third star Michel Roux Jr said: "Certainly I would love three stars. I believe in the system and the recognition would be wonderful. But I am not cooking that style of food. There are dishes that are worthy of it but my style really doesn't suit that status."[1]
Chefs who have worked in the kitchen of Le Gavroche include Marco Pierre White, Gordon Ramsay, Marcus Wareing, Bryn Williams, and Michael Smith.
Le Gavroche is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having served the most expensive meal per head when three diners spent $20,945 on one meal (including cigars, spirits, and six bottles of wine costing $19,248) in September 1997.
David Coulson, runner-up in the 2010 BBC series MasterChef: The Professionals, accepted an offer of employment from Michel Roux Jr during the final stages of the show and was to commence employment with Le Gavroche as chef de partie in January 2011.[2]
In 2008 Silvano Giraldin, Le Gavroche's General Manager, retired after 37 years working there. He remains one of Le Gavroche's directors.[3]
The restaurant's name comes from the character Gavroche in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.
References
- ↑ Le Gavroche at forty - 5/31/2007 - Caterer Search
- ↑ "Job with Roux for top chef". Sunderland Echo. 3 November 2010.
- ↑ Kessler, Susan (15 January 2009). "Tracing Giraldin's Tree". Zagat.
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