Bruno Menard Explained

Bruno Menard
Birth Place:Tours, France
Style:Fusion cuisine
Restaurants:Junon Restaurant
Prevrests:L'Osier
The Dining Room at Ritz-Carlton Atlanta
Tatou Tokyo
Le Golden

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. 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]

In the early 2000s, he moved back to Tokyo to take over as head chef at L'Osier, earning 3 Michelin stars. 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 specializing in chocolate, his grandfather was a patissier and cook, and his other grandfather 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] According to Menard, the first dish he learned to cook was croquette Pojarski. 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

Notes and References

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