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

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movement. Beginning his career in St. Etienne where he won three

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, 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

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as the wish to run a restaurant which is 'facing tomorrow but respectful of yesterday' (''"tourné vers demain mais soucieux d'hier"'').

In Europe

The restaurant, Pierre Gagnaire, specializes in modern

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and has garnered three

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stars. Gagnaire is also head chef of Sketch in London. In 2005, both restaurants were ranked in the

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by industry magazine ''

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,'' with Pierre Gagnaire ranking third for three consecutive years (2006, 2007, and 2008).

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In the United States

In December 2009, Gagnaire made his United States debut with Twist, a new restaurant at the

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, which received a

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Five-Star Award but has since closed.

Media appearances

Pierre Gagnaire has made appearances on

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's ''

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''. He represented France in the 1995 ''Iron Chef World Cup'' in Tokyo, with the other chefs chosen being Italy's Gianfranco Vissani and Hong Kong's Xu Cheng as well as Iron Chef Japanese

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representing Japan. He also appeared in the "France Battle Special" at

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, where he battled Iron Chef French

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Politics

In 2024, he was approached to stand in the

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to stand as a candidate for the Rural Alliance, but decided against it..

Awards

In 2015, Gagnaire won a '' Best Chef in the World'' award.

Restaurants

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

Pierre Gagnaire
1996– *

Gaya rive gauche par Pierre Gagnaire
2005– *

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, Les Solistes by Pierre Gagnaire, 2013–2016 (closed) *

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

La Grande Maison
* Châtelaillon
Gaya Cuisine De Bords de Mer
*

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Piero TT
2007– *

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La Maison 1888
*

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Restaurant CHOIX Pâtisserie TT Restaurant par Pierre Gagnaire
2008– *

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Peir
2015- *

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, 2006–2020 *

Twist
2009– *

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, Sketch, 2002– *

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, Les Menus par Pierre Gagnaire, (closed) *

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, Acacia by Pierre Gagnaire, (closed) *

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Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul
2008– *

Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez ( , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var departments of France, department and the regions of France, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is west of Nice and east of Marseille, o ...

, Colette, (closed) *

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Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire
2017– *

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, http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/ Pierre Gagnaire - Tokyo], 2005– * Barrière Hotels group (Paris, Enghien les Bains, Courchevel, Toulouse, Cannes, La Baule
Fouquet's

References

External links

Official website
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