The Seven Sins of Michel Roux Jr - Michelin-Starred Chef
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    The Seven Sins of Michel Roux Jr

    Michelin-Starred Chef
    Michel Roux Jr
    Michel Roux Jr was born in 1960 in Pembury, Kent, where his father Albert Roux worked as a private chef for the Cazalet family. His earliest food memories are the smells of the Fairlawne kitchen - pastry, sugar caramelizing and stews - where he played under the table while his father and mother Monique prepared the meals.

    After deciding to follow in his father’s footsteps, he left school at 16 for the first of several challenging apprenticeships at Maître Patissier, Hellegouarche in Paris from 1976 to 1979. He was then Commis de Cuisine at Alain Chapel’s signature restaurant at Mionay near Lyon, Michel’s biggest influence. His military service was spent in the kitchens at the Elysée Palace at the time of Presidents Giscard d’Estaing and François Mitterrand. He also spent time at Boucherie Lamartine and Charcuterie Mothu in Paris, and the Gavers Restaurant in London.

    After a stint at the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong he returned to London and worked at La Tante Claire before joining the family business.
     
    He took over running Le Gavroche in 1991, gradually changing the style of cooking to his own – classic French with a lighter, modern twist.

    In 2013, Michel launched his most recent cookbook, ‘The French Kitchen’. Focusing on traditional French home cooking, this is the fifth solo cookery book from Michel.

    He is involved with the Roux Experience courses at the ‘Cactus Kitchens’ cookery school, with the Executive producer of Saturday Kitchen, Amanda Ross. Cactus Kitchens offers people the opportunity to learn to cook within small intimate groups from some of the UK’s finest chefs, on site above the Saturday Kitchen studios. 

    Michel has fronted a brand new four-part Channel 4 series, ‘The Diner’, exploring the hurdles faced by people with disabilities and mental health issues when finding employment. Michel also recently presented a new program on his first ever project with the Disney Channel. ‘First Class Chefs’ which launched in June 2015, is a show where kids aged 9-11 compete to showcase their restaurant skills.
     
    Wrath - What makes you angry about the hospitality industry?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    Those that judge me, that have less knowledge than I.
     
    Greed - If all your food fantasies came true what would be on your Plate?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    Chocolate and more chocolate.
     
    Sloth - What do you do to unwind?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    Run marathons.
     
    Pride - What are you most proud of?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    My daughter.
     
    Lust - Is there anything that you are still lusting to achieve?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    The “Marathon des Sables”.
     
    Envy - who are you most envious of?
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    I don’t envy.
     
    Gluttony - have you ever over indulged? 
    Michel Roux Jr Seven Sins
    I once ate 36 snails in garlic butter as a starter.
     
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