Pierre Gagnaire: Une Vie en Cuisine (French)

The life of Pierre Gagnaire is worthy of being featured in a Balzac novel. How did this shy little boy, born in a village in Forez, unsure of himself, not very gifted in studies and who never really wanted to cook, become one of the most famous chefs in the world?

We all love stories of heroes and chef Pierre Gagnaire is one of them. He managed to overcome the resounding bankruptcy of his restaurant which had 3 Michelin stars in Saint-Étienne. He did not collapse, he started again stronger, higher, faster, he completely reinvented himself at 46, at an age when most chefs who started cooking like him at 16, are already at the end of their rope. Today, after half a century in the kitchen, he bares all in this generous book, at once a biography, a collection of memories and a retrospective of a culinary and artistic work that will be a milestone.

Hardcover. 480 pages. In French.