Michel Roux Jr. on why selling La Gavroche was never an option, leaving Masterchef and what’s next
White Wine Question Time
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🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week, we have the pleasure of welcoming the legendary chef, author, restaurateur, and TV star, Michel Roux Jr.
Michel joins us fresh from closing the doors on La Gavroche, his iconic two Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair, for the final time. He sits down with Kate to discuss some of his wildest stories working in the restaurant, why selling it was never an option, his decision to leave MasterChef, and what’s next after spending practically his entire life in the kitchen. Plus, he shares the valuable lessons he learned from Sir Alex Ferguson.
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| 0:00.0 | Today at Center Parks, I didn't multitask. I saw the gleeful look on my teenagers face as she conquered the zipwire. |
| 0:08.0 | Today I didn't juggle meetings and pack lunches. I helped my little boy paint a cute squirrel pot. Today I didn't stress |
| 0:15.8 | about a work deadline. I swam underwater aqua jetting with my 10-year-old. Life moves too fast. Precious moments last longer at Center Parks. Cherish every moment. Coming up on this episode of White Line Question Time. |
| 0:39.0 | If you do raise your voice or shout or scream or lose the plot then you have |
| 0:46.0 | literally lost control and if you lose control that's it you're gone. |
| 0:51.0 | Then he looked at me and he said okay how much do you want for |
| 0:55.9 | your restaurant I'll buy your restaurant name your price and I said no you're |
| 1:01.1 | not having this restaurant it's not for sale stop out the cigar or off |
| 1:05.6 | your go and he stopped out his cigar Edmy the ashtray and carried on eating and |
| 1:10.4 | he was back in his place. Luke Avros was founded by my father and uncle. |
| 1:17.0 | If I were to sell that, it would be like selling my right arm, |
| 1:21.0 | it would be like selling my soul. no money in the world would be able to |
| 1:25.2 | yank my arm off. Cook some dinner rustled something up for Gizel we can pop a |
| 1:30.6 | cork on a nice bottle of wine and watch a movie on Netflix or I don't know |
| 1:36.1 | EastEnders I haven't watched EastEnders but is it still on by the way? |
| 1:39.5 | It is apparently yes but you must be at least 30 years since you were able to catch it on a regular basis. |
| 1:45.0 | Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast that asks its guests three thought-provoking |
| 1:53.5 | questions over three glasses of wine and my guest today is well hands down one of the |
| 1:58.8 | world's most celebrated chefs who comes from a culinary dynasty who've revolutionized the way we eat who's |
| 2:03.2 | revolutionized the way we eat. |
| 2:05.0 | Born in Kent in 1960 to French parents, |
| 2:08.4 | the chef Albert Rue and his wife Monique. |
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