Riccardo Giraudi


Riccardo Giraudi is the CEO of Giraudi Group.

Biography

Riccardo Giraudi grew up in the Principality of Monaco before studying at the European Business School of London where he obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1999.

Career

Beginning

In 2001, Riccardo Giraudi joined the family-owned company created by his father Erminio Giraudi in the 1970’s : Giraudi Group. The group is one of the European leader in meat import / export.
Supervised by Riccardo Giraudi, the company turned to new businesses such as hospitality & exclusive meats.

The meat industry

While becoming leader in the import of hormone-free American Black Angus beef in Europe in 2005, Riccardo Giraudi introduced a new offer by integrating Australian beef. In 2014, he became the first official importer of certified Japanese Kobe beef in Europe.
A few months later, Riccardo Giraudi launched the Jamon de Buey de Kobe, a Japanese Kobe beef ham.

Hospitality concepts

In 2005, Riccardo Giraudi started to develop restaurant concepts in Monaco.
Concepts, like Beefbar, Grubers and Beeftro, are also developed abroad.
Beefbar is open in :
Grubers is open in Hong Kong and Luxembourg, and Beeftro in Luxembourg.
Riccardo Giraudi got his first Michelin star thanks to Beefbar in Hong Kong in 2017.
In May 2017, he became the new owner of the restaurant Anahi, in Paris. The restaurant is in the top 3 of Conde Nast's best restaurants in the world.

Consulting

Following the success in creating concepts of his own, Riccardo Giraudi decided to branch out and open a consulting division who develops F&B outlets for the most prestigious hotel groups of the world.

Other activities

Since 2007, Riccardo Giraudi is appointed Honorary Consul of Gabon in the Principality of Monaco.

Awards & honors

Professional

Since 2017, Beefbar Hong Kong is Michelin Starred in the "Hong Kong & Macau Michelin Guide".
In 2018, Riccardo Giraudi's Jamon de Buey de Kobe received the Wallpaper* Design Award 2018 for best working lunch.
In 2019, Beefbar Paris is ranked in the Top 50 Monocle restaurant awards and elected best Steakhouse by Timeout magazine.
In 2019, Beefbar Paris wins the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS in the category "Heritage Building".

Private

In 2010, Riccardo Giraudi received the medal of the Order of the Equatorial Star of the Republic of Gabon and became Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy in 2014.
In 2019, Riccardo Giraudi was named "Goodwill Ambassador"of the Principality of Monaco.