Guy Savoy Explained

Guy Savoy
Birth Place:Nevers, Burgundy, France
Spouse:Sonia Mabrouk
Style:Nouvelle cuisine
Ratings:
Restaurants:
  • Restaurant Guy Savoy (Paris)
  • Restaurant Guy Savoy (Las Vegas)

Guy Patrice Savoy[1] (in French ɡi savwa/; born 24 July 1953) is a French chef who is the head chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris, France, and its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, U.S., both of which have earned multiple Michelin stars. He owns three other restaurants in Paris.

Biography

Guy Savoy was born on 24 July 1953 in Nevers. 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 restaurant. After a three-year apprenticeship with the Troisgros brothers and multiple experiences at prestigious restaurants, he opened his own restaurant in New York before opening in rue Duret, Paris, in 1980, which received two Michelin stars in 1985. Savoy earned his third Michelin star in 2002. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, La Liste named his restaurant at 11 quai de Conti the Best Restaurant in the World.[2]

Savoy is married to Danielle Savoy and has two children: Caroline (born 21 January 1978) and Franck (born 4 June 1979).

Career

Gordon Ramsay was trained under Guy Savoy, and has described him as his culinary mentor.[3] [4] [5]

Savoy opened his first restaurant in New York City, N.Y., in 1977, then his second restaurant in Paris three years later.[6]

Savoy opened the Las Vegas establishment in May 2006 at the Augustus tower of the Caesars Palace then followed by two breakfast/brunch take-away bars, Brioche in 2016 at Caesars and then in 2021 at Paris casino.[7] He opened a restaurant at Porto Arabia, Pearl Qatar in 2012 which closed two years later.[8] [9] [10]

Savoy recorded the voice of sous-chef Horst for the French version of the Pixar animated film Ratatouille, released in August 2007.

Savoy is on the board of directors of the French Mission for Food Culture & Heritage (Mission Française du Patrimoine et des Cultures Alimentaires), which successfully applied for inscription of the "gastronomic meal of the French" on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[11]

In 2017 and 2018, Savoy was a member of the Prix Versailles World Judges Panel.[12]

Just days before the release of the 2023 Michelin Guide for France, news broke that Savoy’s eponymous flagship restaurant in Paris was being demoted from three Michelin stars to two.[13] [14] [15]

Restaurants

Flagship
Other

Closed

Awards and accolades

Savoy received the Legion d’Honneur medal in 2008.[16]

The Las Vegas restaurant has garnered two Michelin stars (2008-2009), the AAA Five Diamond Award, the Forbes Five Star Award, and the Wine Spectator Grand Award.[17]

In 2018, he won the Prix du Rayonnement Gastronomique Français (French Influence Award for Gastronomy).

Restaurant Guy Savoy in Paris was awarded its third Michelin star in 2002; 21 years later, it was demoted to two stars.[13] [14] [15] The restaurant was ranked amongst the Restaurant Top 50 Restaurants in the world in 2004 and 2005.[18] [19]

In 2020, La Liste named it the Best Restaurant in the World for the fourth year in a row. It has five Gault Millau toques and three Pudlowski Guide plates, and is ranked amongst the "best restaurants in Paris" in the Lebey Guide.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination. fr. 28 July 2023.
  2. Web site: La Liste. La Liste. en. 2019-10-29.
  3. Web site: Gordon Ramsay. biography.com. 3 May 2014.
  4. Season 3 episode 18 of MasterChef
  5. Season 12 episode 8 of Hell's Kitchen
  6. Web site: The Inspiring Story of Culinary Savant Guy Savoy. November 7, 2021. June 28, 2024.
  7. Web site: Le Restaurant Guy Savoy - Las Vegas: The "brother" of the Las Vegas restaurant. May 17, 2006. June 28, 2024.
  8. Web site: Quisine, Guy Savoy's restaurant at the Pearl-Qatar, is closing Nov. 21. Shabina S.. Shabina. Doha News. November 15, 2014. June 28, 2024.
  9. Web site: Guy Savoy's Brioche now open at Paris Las Vegas. KTNV. November 20, 2020. June 28, 2024.
  10. Web site: Brioche at Caesars Palace offers taste of Guy Savoy for the rest of us. Review Journal. July 5, 2016. June 28, 2024.
  11. Web site: Website of the French Mission for Food Culture & Heritage . 29 October 2019 . 13 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613222656/https://repasgastronomiqueunesco.fr/ . dead .
  12. http://www.prix-versailles.com/world-jury-2018 Prix Versailles website
  13. News: De Wei . Low . 28 February 2023 . Shock as Two of the World's Top Restaurants Lose Michelin Stars . . 22 March 2023.
  14. News: . 27 February 2023 . 'Best chef in the world' Guy Savoy stripped of Michelin star . . . 22 March 2023.
  15. News: Orie . Amarachi . 1 March 2023 . Guy Savoy, lauded as world's best chef, loses Michelin star . . 22 March 2023.
  16. Web site: Chef Guy Savoy of Restaurant Guy Savoy – Biography. StarChefs.com. 25 August 2020.
  17. Web site: Guy Savoy Caesars Palace. bestuscasinos.org. 25 August 2020.
  18. Web site: 2004 List (number 6). The World's 50 Best Restaurants. 3 May 2014.
  19. Web site: 2005 List (number 16). The World's 50 Best Restaurants. 3 May 2014.