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Gilles Epié
BornNantes, France
Culinary career
Award(s) won
  • Michelin Star Chef
Websitewww.chefgillesepie.com

Gilles Epié is a French chef who was the youngest chef in the world to receive a Michelin Star at the age of 22. He was the owner and executive chef of Citrus Etoile restaurant in Paris near the Champs-Élysées which he operated with his wife Elizabeth from 2005 to 2017. As of 2022, he works as the executive chef of L'Avant-Garde, a modern French brasserie in Georgetown, Washington, D.C..

Career

Born in Nantes, Epié started working at the age of 14 and trained with Alain Senderens and Alain Ducasse at Lucas-Carton in Paris. He received his first Michelin Star in 1980 at Le Pavillon des Princes, near Paris.

In 1995, Epié worked as head chef of the French restaurant L'Orangerie in Los Angeles. He left in 1997 to operate the Beverly Hills restaurant Chez Gilles, which he purchased along with partner Jean Denoyer.

In 2005 Epié returned to Paris with his wife and opened the Citrus Etoile restaurant. In April 2013, Epié opened Frenchy's, a Parisian-style brasserie within Charles de Gaulle Airport's International Terminal 2. In 2018, Epié sold Citrus Etoile, moved to the United States, and became the corporate executive chef at Juvia, Miami Beach. In 2019, he became the culinary director and executive chef of the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel.

Epié also took part in various celebrity chef events in France and the United States from 2012 through 2019. He and his wife Elizabeth have starred in two French shows, one of which featured his restaurant Citrus Etoile.

References

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  9. "Fabulous Food: Chef Gilles Epié Joins Juvia Miami Beach". WTVJ. 6 November 2018.
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  12. "240 chefs and 300 Michelin stars international celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Louis XV-Alain Ducasse" (PDF) (Press release). November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2013.
  13. "Gilles Epié : un chef VIP à la Clef des Champs" [Gilles Epié: a VIP chef at Clef des Champs]. Cote Nord (in French). 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019.
  14. Harter, Liz. "Puerto Rico's 1919 Welcomes Parisian Chef Gilles Epie : New Worlder". New Worlder. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. "Santa Barbara's First James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner To Celebrate Friendship of Julia Child & James Beard" (Press release). 19 September 2016.
  16. "FestForums Spotlights The Art & Science of Festivals, 2nd Annual International Festival Conference In Santa Barbara, California, Nov. 19-21" (PDF). Squarespace (Press release). FestForums. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2019.
  17. "Gilles Epié". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  18. "The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival". South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF).
  19. "Dans La Vraie Vie D'un Grand Chef Avec Le Chef Gilles Epie" [In the Real Life of a Top Chef with Chef Gilles Epie]. CanalSat (in French). Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  20. "Biography Gilles Epié" (PDF). Iberostar Hotels and Resorts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2019.
  21. "Gilles Epié, un frenchy en cuisine" [Gilles Epié, a Frenchy in the kitchen]. TV Magazine.

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