5 Olivier Biles, Head chef, Reflets par pierre
gagnaire, InterContinental, Dubai
As a youngster, Olivier Biles inherited a passion for cooking from his father: a chef who had worked with many of the greats in France, including Pierre Gagnaire in the 1980s.
Biles junior began earning his stripes with a succession of roles at top restaurants. However, surprisingly, his goal wasn’t so much to become a chef – but rather to cook with Gagnaire, as his father had done.
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That dream became a reality when Biles secured the position of sous chef at Gagnaire’s prestigious Paris outlet, where he spent five years learning from one of France’s most-respected modern culinary masters.
Olivier worked in the Michelin-starred chef’s London and Hong Kong outposts, before seizing the opportunity to head up the kitchens at Gagnaire’s first project in the Middle East.
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