‘My wife hates cooking, so I cook Christmas dinner’, says world renowned chef Pierre Gagnaire
French culinary artist, who owns the likes of Sketch in London, Pierre Gagnaire in Paris and Tokyo and Pierre in Hong Kong, was as one of the first to embrace the idea of food as art
One of the world’s most decorated chefs throughout the decade, Pierre Gagnaire was at the forefront of the fusion cuisine movement and was one of the first to embrace the idea of food as art.
Today his restaurants are among the most popular on the culinary scene, from Sketch in London to Pierre Gagnaire in Paris and Tokyo and Pierre in Hong Kong. His 16 establishments span the globe.
What does Christmas mean to you … Family, snow. I have a restaurant in the mountains in Courchevel, which brings back good memories. When I was a kid, my family had a hotel in Val d’Isère, which is certainly the most famous ski resort in the Alps, so Christmas always reminds me of snow.