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Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse is an internationally acclaimed chef whose remarkable career has gone from strength to strength. Born in the Landes region of southwest France, he was still a teenager when he began training in the art of classic French cooking.
After earning two stars in Michelin's Red Guide at La Terrasse, he moved to Le Louis XV in Monte Carlo. In 1990, under his skilled direction, Le Louis XV became the first hotel restaurant to be awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide. Ducasse was only 33 years old, and the restaurant had been open for a mere 33 months.
His next restaurant, opened in Paris under the name Alain Ducasse, also was awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide in 1997 after just eight months in operation. The honor, along with the three-star rating for Le Louis XV, elevated Ducasse to the rare distinction of becoming a six-star chef. The original Alain Ducasse restaurant has since been relocated and relaunched in autumn 2000 as Restaurant Plaza Athenee, which earned three Michelin stars within six months of its opening.
At the same time, Ducasse has introduced his iconoclastic and popular Spoon restaurants in London, Tokyo, Paris, Saint Tropez and Mauritius. Ducasse brought his culinary brilliance to the United States for the first time in 2000 with opening of the restaurant Alain Ducasse at the Essex House in New York City. Again, critical recognition was not long in coming: In 2001, The New York Times awarded his New York restaurant its highest rating of four stars, while the James Beard Foundation chose Alain Ducasse at the Essex House as the best new restaurant of the year.
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