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Gilles Epié
Born
Nantes, France
Culinary career
Award(s) won
  • Michelin Star Chef
Websitewww.chefgillesepie.com

Gilles Epié is a French chef. He was the youngest chef to receive a Michelin Star, at the age of 22.[1] He was the owner and Executive Chef of Citrus Etoile restaurant in Paris near the Champs-Elysées which he operated with his wife Elizabeth from 2005 to 2017.[2] As of 2022, he has worked as the Executive Chef of L'Avant-Garde, a modern French brasserie in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. [1][3]

Career

Born in Nantes, Gilles Epié started working at the age of 14 and trained with Alain Senderens and Alain Ducasse at Lucas-Carton in Paris.[4] He received his first Michelin Star in 1980 at Le Pavillon des Princes, near Paris.[5]

Epié worked at several other French restaurants, including La Vieille Fontaine near Paris where he received a Michelin Star in 1983, his restaurant Le Miravile, where he received a Michelin Star in 1986, and La Petite Cour in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris.[6] In 1995, he left France for the United States.

Epié worked as head chef of the French restaurant L'Orangerie, Los Angeles, where he introduced a Provençal-inspired style of cooking. He was voted Best Chef In America of 1996 by Food & Wine Magazine.[5][7] He left in 1997 to operate the Beverly Hills restaurant Chez Gilles, which he purchased along with partner Jean Denoyer.[8] Epié prepared dinners for several high-profile events, including a dinner with U.S. presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford and birthday parties for both Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren.[9]

In 2005 Epié returned to Paris with his wife after a location opened up near the Champs-Elysées. He opened Citrus Etoile restaurant, named after his friend Chef Michel Richard's Los Angeles restaurant, Citrus.[10] Citrus Etoile was selected as a member of the Châteaux & Hotels Collection - Tables Remarquables and was included in Alain Ducasse's book, J’Aime Paris.[11][12] In 2012, he traveled with 4 other Michelin star chefs on the MSC Splendida's Celebrity Chef cruises and participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of Alain Ducasse's Louis XV restaurant held in Monte Carlo.[13][14] In 2018, Epié returned to America.[15]

In April 2013, Epié opened Frenchy's, a Parisian style brasserie in the Charles de Gaulle Airport's International Terminal 2.[16] In 2015, he was the Guest Chef at La Clef des Champs restaurant in Mauritius for a French Gastronomic Week event.[17] In November 2016, Epié teamed up with Chef Juan Jose Cuevas for the Guest Chef Dinner Series at the Vanderbilt Hotel in Puerto Rico. They presented a seven-course gastronomic menu.[18] In 2016, he was featured at the James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner in Santa Barbara and received FestForum's Lifetime Achievement award.[19][20]

In 2018, Epié sold Citrus Etoile and became the Corporate Executive Chef at Juvia, Miami Beach. He also participated in the James Beard Foundation's "Beach Chic" charity event in New York City in 2018.[15][21]

In February 2019, Epié was invited as a Guest Chef at The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF®).[22] That year, he became the Culinary Director/Executive Chef of the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel. The restaurant was renamed Gilles@Montage Hotel and featured French-Californian cuisine.[23]

Television

Epié in Ün Frenchy en Cuisine

Epié was the French food correspondent for the BBC from 2010 to 2016.[citation needed]

On television, Epié and his wife starred in two seasons of his reality documentary show in France for Canal+/Cuisine+, Dans La Vraie Vie D’un Grand Chef (In the Real Life of a Top Chef) that featured his restaurant Citrus Etoile.[24] He also starred in 20 episodes (2 seasons) of Un Frenchy en cuisine (A Frenchy in the Kitchen) which aired on Cuisine+ in 2015.[9][25]

References

  1. ^ "Meet The Youngest Michelin Rated Chef, Gilles Epié". Westmount Magazine. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Best of Paris Page 93 "CITRUS ETOILE 6, rue Arsène-Houssaye ... The chef, Gilles Epié, likes to do the splits and the two prices of these menus are the most perfect example."
  3. ^ "French Rockstar Chef Opens Fireplace Brasserie in Georgetown". 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ "L'Orangerie Through the Years: Chef Shuffles".
  5. ^ a b Sheridan, Margaret (26 July 1996). "L'Orangerie's Executive Chef Leaves to Help Revive Bistro". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ "Gilles Epié Official Site". Archived from the original on 28 October 2011.
  7. ^ Monczka, Slavica. "Michelin Star Chef Gilles Epie is Still Dishing it Up". JustLuxe. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. ^ Sheridan, Margaret (6 March 1997). "LA Times Au Revoir". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ a b "Biography Gilles Epié" (PDF). Iberostar Hotels and Resorts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ Match, Paris. "Chef VIP - Gilles Epié, le goût des stars". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Citrus Etiole in Châteaux & Hotels Collection - Tables remarquables". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  12. ^ Epie, Gilles. "Awards for Citrus Etiole". Gilles Epie. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Michelin stars in the galley". 16 September 2011.
  14. ^ "240 chefs and 300 Michelin stars international celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Louis XV-Alain Ducasse" (PDF).
  15. ^ a b "Fabulous Food: Chef Gilles Epié Joins Juvia Miami Beach".
  16. ^ "Frenchy's, the art of brewing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  17. ^ "GILLES EPIÉ: A VIP CHEF AT THE CLEF DES CHAMPS".
  18. ^ Harter, Liz. "Puerto Rico's 1919 Welcomes Parisian Chef Gilles Epie : New Worlder". www.newworlder.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Santa Barbara's First James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner To Celebrate Friendship of Julia Child & James Beard".
  20. ^ "FestForums Spotlights The Art & Science of Festivals" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Gilles Epié | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  22. ^ "The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival".
  23. ^ S.jennifer (18 October 2019). "Gilles Epié takes the lead of the Montage Beverly Hills stoves". California Lines : Latest News headlines, Breaking News, exclusives and opinion. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  24. ^ "In the Real Life of a Top Chef". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  25. ^ "Gilles Epié, un frenchy en cuisine".

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