Bruno Menard

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Bruno Menard
Born1962 (age 62–63)
Tours, France
Culinary career
Cooking style Fusion cuisine
Rating(s)
Current restaurant(s)
  • Junon Restaurant
Previous restaurant(s)
  • L'Osier
    The Dining Room at Ritz-Carlton Atlanta
    Tatou Tokyo
    Le Golden
Website menardbruno.com

Bruno Menard is a French chef. Early in his career, he became executive chef at the restaurant Tatou Tokyo, [1] [2] from which he was invited to compete on Iron Chef . [3] He began to experiment with combining French and Japanese cuisine when he took over as chef at the Ritz-Carlton in Osaka. [2] He then took over "The Dining Room" restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta, where he was awarded five stars by Mobil Travel Guide and five diamonds by AAA guide. [4] [5]

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In the early 2000s, he moved back to Tokyo to take over as head chef at L'Osier, earning 3 Michelin stars. [2] After L'Osier temporarily closed in 2011 for repair, he left the restaurant to start a consulting firm and has judged on MasterChef Asia . [6] He has also been president of Bocuse d'Or Singapore and helped found the Bocuse d'Or Singapore Academy. [7] The town of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France named a street after him — Rue Bruno Menard. [8]

Early life and career

Menard was born in 1962 in Tours, France, into a family of professional chefs. His father was a pastry chef specialising in chocolate, his grandfather was a patissier and cook, and his other grandfather was a charcutier. [9] Partly inspired by his family, he began cooking at age six, and at age eight, his father invited him to work in a one-star Michelin restaurant near his hometown of Tours. [10] [9] [2] According to Menard, the first dish he learned to cook was croquette Pojarski. [2] In his 20s, he began working under 3-Michelin star chef Charles Barrier and then Jean Bardet. [11] At age 27–28, he became the youngest French Chef to obtain 17/20 and 3 toques in Gault Millau guide, as Executive Chef at the restaurant “Le Golden” in Niort. [12] [13]

Television

References

  1. ↑ Swinnerton, Robbie (2006-02-10). "Shaping 'neo-classic' cuisine". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tomisawa, Ayai (2010-10-15). "Mastering the Art of French-Japanese Cuisine". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Chef Bruno Menard - Iron Chef Battle Database". ironchefdb.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. ↑ Fairfield, Jonathan (2022-07-28). "3-star Michelin chef Bruno Menard at the InterContinental Hua Hin". Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  5. ↑ Mohamed, Afrah (2019-10-18). "Chef Bruno Menard: Weaving Michelin-starred magic on the shores of Maldives". Hotelier Maldives. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  6. ↑ "MasterChef Asia | Apple TV". AppleTV. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  7. ↑ "Bocuse d'Or Asia-Pacific 2016 is Coming". www.finedininglovers.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  8. ↑ "3-Michelin-starred Chef Bruno Menard Expands Culinary Horizons at Azure Restaurant, Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort". The BigChilli. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  9. 1 2 "Bruno Menard weaves his Michelin magic in Asia". South China Morning Post. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  10. ↑ "Q&A with 3-Michelin starred chef Bruno Menard". Marie France Asia, women's magazine. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  11. ↑ Pouvreau, Olivier (2015-08-06). "Bruno Menard in the kingdom of stars". La Nouvelle Republique. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Don Melchor Culinary Challenge Tour with former Three Star Michelin Bruno Ménard". Concha y Toro. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  13. ↑ "City Life". hkcitylife.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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