Guy Savoy is a French chef, who is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and sister restaurant in Las Vegas, both of which have gained multiple Michelin stars. He owns three other restaurants in Paris.
Biography
Guy Savoy was born on 24 July 1953 in Nevers. In 1955, his parents moved to Bourgoin-Jallieu, a town in Isère, where his father was a gardener and his mother owned a taproom that she would transform into a restaurant. After three years apprenticeship with the Troisgros brothers and multiple experiences at prestigious restaurants, he opened his own restaurant in New York before opening in rue Duret, Paris in 1980, which received 2 Michelin stars in 1985. He earned his third Michelin star in 2002. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, La Liste named his restaurant at 11 quai de Conti the Best Restaurant in the World. He is married to Danielle Savoy and has 2 children: Caroline and Franck. Gordon Ramsay was trained under Guy Savoy, and has described him as his culinary mentor. He recorded the voice of sous-chef Horst for the French version of the Pixar animated film Ratatouille, released in August 2007. He is on the Board of Directors of the French Mission for Food Culture & Heritage, which successfully applied for inscription of the “gastronomic meal of the French” on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In 2017 and 2018, he was a member of the Prix Versailles World Judges Panel.
Savoy received the Legion d’Honneur medal in 2008. The Las Vegas restaurant has garnered 2 Michelin stars, the AAA Five Diamond Award, the Forbes Five Star Award, and the Wine Spectator Grand Award. In 2018, he won the Prix du Rayonnement Gastronomique Français. The Restaurant Guy Savoy in Paris was awarded its third Michelin star in 2002. The restaurant was ranked in the Restaurant MagazineTop 50 Restaurants in the world in 2004 and 2005. In 2019, La Liste named it the Best Restaurant in the World for the third year in a row. It has five Gault Millau toques and three Pudlowski Guide plates, and is ranked amongst the “best restaurants in Paris” in the Lebey Guide.
