Michel Bras
French chef with three Michelin stars since 1999.
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Michel Bras (born 4 November 1946) is a French chef. His restaurant located in Laguiole in the Aveyron was rated three stars in the Guide Michelin since 1999. It is also classed in the "Relais & Châteaux" since 1992.
He was classed several times among the 10 best restaurants in the world. His cooking style is described as "creative" and is often associated to fresh herbs and edible flowers. He has also created the recipe of a famous biscuit with chocolate coulant.
Background
Michel Bras's restaurant in Laguiole, Aveyron, earned three Michelin stars in 1999 and has held them since. It joined Relais & Châteaux in 1992. His cooking is called "creative," built around fresh herbs and edible flowers. He invented a famous chocolate coulant biscuit recipe.
In June 2002, he opened a second restaurant with his son Sébastien at the Windsor Hotel of Hokkaido in Japan. The Laguiole restaurant was renamed Bras Michel et Sébastien. In 2008, Bras and the Japanese brand KAI, which specializes in knife confection and other blades, worked together for several years to develop custom knives for restaurant professionals. In 2014, he launched a brasserie inside the Soulages museum in Rodez, and also in Toulouse a new fast-food concept called "Capucin," described as a "gastronomic and Aveyron version of the fast-food."
Capucin received several prizes but closed in 2016. In September 2017, Sébastien Bras announced, with his family's agreement, that he would voluntarily give up his Michelin rating and not appear in the guide anymore, to continue creating more serenely.
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- Wikipedia: Michel Bras (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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