Michel Guérard

Chef de Cuisine (Michel Guérard in Eugénie-les-Bains)

Current restaurants

Michel Guérard (Chef de Cuisine)
Michel Guérard (Chef de Cuisine)

CV and info

Birthday

27.03.1933 in Vétheuil (val d'Oise), FR

Training

1947: secondary school and grammar school, Corneille, Rouen
1950: Pastry cook and confectioner, Kléber Alix

1957: Crillon (Chef pâtissier)
1965: Le Pot au Feu, Asnières
1970: ** Guide Rouge (Michelin)
1974: "Les Prés d'Eugénie", Eugénie-les-Bains (Patron & Chef de cuisine)
1975: ** Guide Rouge (Michelin)
1977: *** Guide Rouge (Michelin)
1983: buys the historical vineyard Schloß Bachen in Tursan
2024: deceased

Member of

1987: founded the French chef organisation "Grandes Toques"
1988 - 1990: president of above

Awards

1958: Top Artisan of France (M.O.F. Pâtisserie)

Special aspects

Together with his wife, Christine, Michel Guérard restored the thermal bath and hotel "Les Prés d'Eugénie" in 1974.
He is regarded as one of the inventors of the "nouvelle cuisine"