Le Gavroche

Chez Roux to open at The Langham

09-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Michel Roux Jr is opening a new restaurant at The Langham in London.

High-profile chefs and international entrants vie to take over Le Gavroche site

05-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

High-profile chefs and ‘new international entrants’ are among the operators vying to take over the Le Gavroche site in London’s Mayfair.

Michelin Guide 2024: Michel Roux Jr wins Chef Mentor Award

05-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Michel Roux Jr has won this year’s Michelin Chef Mentor Award, with Jake Jones, head chef at Forge in Middleton Tyas, receiving the Young Chef Award.

Le Gavroche to auction off its wine and art collections

05-Feb-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Christie’s is to run an online auction on behalf of Le Gavroche that includes its wine cellar, art and ‘selected storied objects’.

Le Gavroche marks closure with events for hospitality industry and charities

11-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Michel Roux Jr’s two Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche has announced it will host three hospitality industry-linked dinners next week to mark its closure.

“It’s more than business, it’s a life. And I don’t want to sell a piece of my life”: Michel Roux Jr on closing Le Gavroche

22-Aug-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Michel Roux Jr has shared more details on the reasons behind the closure of his famed Mayfair restaurant, which shuts permanently early next year.

"Turning a page": Michel Roux Jr announces Le Gavroche to close after 56 years

18-Aug-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Michel Roux Jr’s two Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche will close next year 55 years after it launched.

The Lowdown: The missing Le Gavroche frog

24-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

Michel Roux Jr is on the hunt to find a beloved frog-shaped table decoration that disappeared following a recent charity dinner held at his flagship London restaurant

Chez Roux moves beyond sports event catering

29-Sep-2022 By Restaurant

Emily and Michel Roux have expanded their hospitality catering arm Chez Roux so that it is now available to experience at home.

Friday Five: the week's top news

04-Jun-2021 By BigHospiality

This week's most popular hospitality stories include the closure of influential London wine hangout Terroirs, staffing troubles at Le Gavroche and Ugly Butterfly heading to Cornwall.

Staffing struggles force Le Gavroche to pause lunch service

02-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Michel Roux Jr has announced that his two-Michelin star fine-dining restaurant Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair is to pause offering a lunch service as a result of understaffing.

Albert Roux dies aged 85

06-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hugely influential chef restaurateur Albert Roux has died at the age of 85 having been unwell ‘for a while’, the Roux family has revealed.

Updated: Restaurants offering nationwide meal kits

11-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

From Michelin-starred meal boxes from James Lowe, Jason Atherton, Michel Roux Jr and Simon Rogan to vegan DIY taco kits and Sri Lankan dinners, here are the latest nationwide restaurant meal kits.

Fine dining restaurants announce reopening dates and plans

19-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Some of the countries most vaunted restaurants are gearing up for re-opening despite a lack of clarity from Government on when the industry can re-open for eat-in and what safety measures will need to be in place.

Bryn Williams to open veg-focused restaurant at Somerset House

31-Jan-2018 By Sophie Witts

Welsh chef Bryn Williams has announced plans to launch a new restaurant at London’s Somerset House arts centre this March.

Le Gavroche celebrates 50th birthday with new menu

29-Mar-2017 By Sophie Witts

Le Gavroche is celebrating its 50th year in business with the launch of a new menu.

Monica Galetti on Mere, learning from Michel Roux Jr, and working with her husband

24-Mar-2017 By Stefan Chomka

The MasterChef judge and former Le Gavroche senior sous chef has just opened her debut restaurant Mere, in London’s Fitzrovia, with husband David

The top 5 stories in hospitality – 12/12-16/12

16-Dec-2016 By Hannah Thompson

From service charge controversy at Le Gavroche, and Gary Usher's crowdfunding, to a £403m deal for Punch pubs, we round up the industry's biggest stories this week

Le Gavroche to cut opening hours following investigation

18-Nov-2016 By Sophie Witts

Michel Roux Jr’s restaurant Le Gavroche is to further reduce its opening hours after several former employees claimed they were paid less than minimum wage.

The top 5 stories in hospitality this week 01/02 - 05/02

05-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

What were some of the top stories in hospitality this week? Here's our pick.

Le Gavroche switches to five-day week to improve staff work-life balance

12-Nov-2015 By Sophie Witts

Michel Roux Jr has announced that Le Gavroche will switch to a five-day week in order to trial new pop-up dining experiences and improve staff hours.

Jun Tanaka to open first solo restaurant

09-Oct-2015 By Sophie Witts

Former Pearl executive chef Jun Tanaka is to launch his first solo restaurant - The Ninth - on London’s Charlotte Street in November.

Toto’s Italian restaurant launching in Knightsbridge

25-Apr-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Italian restaurant and bar Toto’s will be opening in London’s Knightbridge in May following a £3m two-year refurbishment. 

Michel Roux Jr quits MasterChef: The Professionals over clash with BBC

11-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

“Negotiating with the BBC can be a frustrating process,” said Michel Roux Jr as the legendary two-Michelin-starred chef announced he will not be working for the corporation for the foreseeable future.

Monica Galetti: Pearls of Wisdom

20-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

She’s the Samoan-born Le Gavroche sous chef that has become known as the tough-talking MasterChef: The Professionals judge. But how much do we really know about Michel Roux Jr’s right-hand woman, Monica Galetti?

Roux rules Harden’s survey as Ramsay comes up short

07-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Michel Roux Jr’s legendary Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche offers ‘the top gastronomic experience’ in London, according to a survey of over 9,000 diners by revered restaurant guide Harden’s.

Emmanuel Landre: Career Profile

30-Nov-2012 By Emma Eversham

Le Gavroche's Emmanuel Landre had some big shoes to fill when he took over from Silvano Giraldin as the restaurant's general manager in 2008, but the Frenchman said he learnt well from the 'master of service' and is helping to steer...

Zagat 2013: The Wolseley, Wagamama and Roganic among winners

10-Sep-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The Wolseley all-day café-restaurant in London’s Piccadilly has been named the capital's most popular restaurant for the second year running by eating-out guide Zagat.

Pearls of Wisdom: Martin Wishart

09-Sep-2011 By Joe Lutrario

Michelin-starred Scottish chef Martin Wishart is behind two fine-dining restaurants in Leith and Loch Lomond, as well as the recently opened The Honours in central Edinburgh.

Le Gavroche sommelier receives AFWS Excellence award

26-Oct-2010 By Lorraine Heller

The head sommelier at Le Gavroche in London has received one of the top accolades in this year’s Awards for Excellence from The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS)

Pearls of Wisdom: Silvano Giraldin

28-May-2010 By Joe Lutrario

The celebrated maître d’ at Le Gavroche for 37 years now consults for Just Great Wine, the supplier of wines from small vineyards

MasterChef winner denies Le Manoir job offer

13-Mar-2009 By Becky Paskin

Mat Follas, winner of MasterChef 2009, has denied rumours of a job offer from Raymond Blanc, instead accepting a stage at Le Gavroche

Waste food and I'll show you the door, says Michel Roux Jr

28-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

The workings of the chefs kitchen at Le Gavroche are revealed in his new book Michel Roux Jr A Life in the Kitchen

Albert Roux condemns foie gras

15-Dec-2008 By Becky Paskin

The influential chef has condemned traditional methods of producing foie gras, despite other top chefs, including his son Michel Roux Jr, continuing to serve the delicacy on their menus

Silvano Giraldin joins Redleaf Communications as director

05-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

The revered former maitre’d of Le Gavroche has joined Redleaf Communications as a Non-Executive Chairman

Thierry de Magneval's BigTalent

29-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

This months BigTalent charts the career so far of Thierry de Magneval, Restaurant Manager of Albert Rouxs eponymous brasserie at Sofitel, Heathrow

Jun Tanaka teaches tricks of the trade with new cookbook

09-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

Jun Tanaka, Executive Chef at Pearl restaurant in London, has told BigHospitality he is penning his first cookbook to help inexperienced cooks turn simple dishes into restaurant-style food

Heathrow’s Sofitel opens Brasserie Roux

05-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Albert Roux’s latest restaurant is now open at the luxury Sofitel site at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Michel Roux Jr shares his feelings about Le Gavroche

25-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

Forty years after his father and uncle opened Le Gavroche, Chef/Patron Michel Roux Jr shares his feelings about the London stalwart You could set your clock by Le Gavroche celebrations. While other restaurants come and go as regularly as ever, you ...