S2 Ep19: Michel Roux Jr. - The Real Reason He Closed Le Gavroche - The Death Of Paris's Food Scene & Why He Walked Out On The BBC!

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They don't come greater than Michel Roux JR. and so for our 50th Episode we're delighted to be able to bring you such a treat. Michel is on incredible form as he takes us through; his greatest memories of running the 2 Michelin Starred Le Gavroche, what he's missing most from working in the kitchen, what he cooked for the Queen for her 90th Birthday, who the greatest chef he ever worked with was and what made them so impressive, the great hurdles of running a restaurant post covid, how he managed to leave national service in France to go and cook for the French presidents at the Élysée Palace, why French markets are the greatest place to buy produce in the world, why Paris's reputation as a gastronomical capital is quickly dying out, the biggest nightmare days he ever had to face at work, his favourite places to eat in London and the one thing that makes cooking the greatest job in the world plus much much more....
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