Olivier Biles to leave Reflets Par Pierre Gagnaire

Caterer Middle East can reveal that Reflets Par Pierre Gagnaire head chef Olivier Biles will be leaving in June 2014 to the south of France to take over a new Pierre Gagnaire venue.

After a six year tenure that predates the opening of Reflets at InterContinental Dubai Festival City, Biles, who won the Caterer Middle East Award for Head Chef - Hotel Managed Outlet last year, will once again collaborate with Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire. He will assume the leadership of a new restaurant in the south of France.

Replacing him will be Francois Xavier Simon, who has been working with the restaurant for the last four years.

A spokesperson for IHG said: "Under Olivier’s impassioned leadership and exacting culinary execution, he has nurtured a successful partnership w ith Pierre Gagnaire and InterContinental Hotels Group, and positioned Reflets as the best fine dining restaurant in Dubai for six successive years."

As he leaves, Biles and Simon have prepared a special 'Farewell Menu', which will recreate a selection of some of the most popular dishes of the past six years. These selections will be served for dinner only on Tuesday, May 13, 2014.