Éric Pras (born 1 March 1972) is a French
chef
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,
Meilleur Ouvrier de France
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Description
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(2004), rated three stars by the
Guide Michelin.
He is the owner of the restaurant ''Lameloise'' located in
Chagny, Saône-et-Loire
Chagny () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
International relations
Chagny is twinned with Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England.
See also
*Communes of ...
.
Training and career
Pras trained at the Hôtel Central de Renaison and then at the
Maison Troisgros in
Roanne
Roanne (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (French), with many Egypt ...
,
with
Bernard Loiseau in
Saulieu
Saulieu () is a rural Communes of France, commune in the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its 2,413 inhabitants (in 2017) call themselves Sédélociens.
Capital of the Morvan ...
, with
Pierre Gagnaire in
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
,
with
Antoine Westermann in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
, at the Belle Otéro in
Cannes
Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...
, and with
Régis Marcon in
Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid.
He left Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid in 2008, where he had worked since 2005 as a sous-chef and chef,
to go to Chagny where he replaced
Jacques Lameloise as head chef of the Maison Lameloise restaurant.
Books
* ''Toc toque'', Éveil et découvertes, 18 pages, 2008,
* With Frédéric Lamy (author), Philippe Rossat (author) and Matthieu Cellard (photographer), ''Lameloise : Une maison en Bourgogne'', Glénat, 216 pages, 2011,
See also
*
List of Michelin starred restaurants
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References
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1972 births
French chefs
French male chefs
People from Roanne
Head chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants
Living people