Guy Savoy
Guy Savoy is a world-renowned French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and sister restaurant in Las Vegas.
The Paris restaurant has garnered the 3 Michelin stars, being elevated in 2002. The restaurant has been ranked multiple times in the Restaurant Magazine Top 50 Restaurants in the world.
The Las Vegas restaurant has garnered the 2 Michelin stars, the AAA Five Diamond Award, the Forbes Five Star Award, and the Wine Spectator Grand Award. In addition, the restaurant was recognized as one of the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.[1] from 2006 to 2011. The restaurant is managed full time by Franck Savoy, Guy Savoy's son.
Savoy owns four additional, smaller restaurants in Paris and Singapore.
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[edit] Biography
Guy Savoy was born on 24 July 1953 in Nevers, located in Bourgogne. In 1955, his parents moved to Bourgoin-Jallieu, a town in Isère, where his father was a gardener and his mother owned a taproom, that she would transform into a fast food and then a reputed restaurant. After three years apprenticeship with the Troisgros brothers, he owned his own restaurant in New York before opening in rue Duret, Paris in 1980, which received 2 Michelin stars in 1985. Guy Savoy is the youngest of the group of renowned chefs who invented "Nouvelle Cuisine,"[2] taking a lighter and more delicate approach to classic French cooking.
[edit] Flagship restaurants
- Restaurant Guy Savoy – 18 rue Troyon – 17th arrondissement of Paris
- Restaurant Guy Savoy – Las Vegas in the United States
[edit] Other restaurants
- Restaurant rôtisserie Atelier Maitre Albert – 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Restaurant Les Bouquinistes – VIe arrondissement
- Restaurant Le Chiberta – 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Savoy Singapore – Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
[edit] Awards and accolades
- 2008 Grand Award, Wine Lists and Service, Wine Spectator Magazine for Restaurant Guy Savoy Las Vegas[3][dead link]
- Best New Restaurants in the World- Travel + Leisure Magazine April 2007 for Restaurant Guy Savoy Las Vegas
[edit] Books
- Vegetable Magic with Guy Langlois, Edbury Press (1987)
- Guy Savoy: Simple French Recipes for the Home Cook (2004)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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