Tonight, chef Pierre Gagnaire inaugurates his latest project in the Gulf, with the official launch of his new KSA restaurant, Acacia by Pierre Gagnaire.
Located inside the newly opened Mövenpick Hotel Riyadh, which launched in August 2015; the new restaurant is Gagnaire’s first project in Saudi Arabia, and his second fine dining venture within the GCC.
Hotelier Middle East caught up with the three-Michelin awarded French chef during his most recent visit to his Dubai restaurant, Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire, at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City.
2015, it turned out, had been a busy year for the 65 year old chef. It was the year Gagnaire celebrated 50 years of working in professional kitchens, as well as receiving an industry award from French magazine Le Chef, which recognised Gagnaire as the world’s number one chef via a worldwide poll of Michelin-awarded chefs.
Later in the year, Gagnaire expanded his global restaurant repertoire by opening his first venture in Vietnam, La Maison 1888 at the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort. The chef also began work on his first KSA restaurant project, Acacia by Pierre Gagnaire, bringing his global portfolio of restaurants up to 14.
2015 was also a year of movement for Gagnaire’s two Dubai based venues, Reflets and Choix, where three new team members joined across the two outlets.
Here the chef shares his thoughts with Hotelier Middle East on Saudi Arabia, Gulf expansion and hotel partnerships.
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