S12 Ep1: Michel Roux: Michelin Starred Chef, Restaurateur and TV Presenter

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We are back!

My guest today is Michel Roux.

Michel is a legendary figure in the world of food – he’s a chef and restaurateur - he’s the Michelin starred owner of London’s iconic Le Gavroche, founded by his father and uncle in the 1960’s. Celebrating over 50 years in business the Roux’s have built a gastronomic dynasty.

His grandparents and their parents before them were charcutiers so food has always been a family affair. Perhaps it was inevitable that Michel would fall in love with food as his family had done before him – the story goes that he was practically born in a kitchen when his mother went into labour during service at his fathers restaurant.

Beyond restaurants, you may well know Michel from his extensive television career, he was a judge on Masterchef the professionals for 6 years , has been a regular on Saturday Kitchen and has fronted BBC 2’s Food and Drink. His latest project is his brilliant new series for Food Network – called Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking.

Michel Roux's French Country Cooking - Premieres 9pm Thursday 9th September exclusively on Food Network

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0:00.0	This season of Desert Island dishes is sponsored by Cooks Matches.
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1:12.9	Cooks Matches. Thank you very much to Cooks Matches. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the
1:21.1	Desert Island Dishes Podcast. This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose
1:26.9	their seven Desert island dishes.
1:29.4	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:33.6	the best dish they've ever eaten. And of course, the last dish they would choose to eat
1:38.9	before being cast off to the desert island. We're back, which is very exciting for me, at least.
1:47.0	And I wanted to thank you all so much for the amazing messages you've sent me over the last few months
1:53.5	and for the reviews that you've been leaving.
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