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Jean Imbert succeeds Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée palace in Paris

2021-06-18T03:26:11.587Z


The young media chef and friend of the stars Jean Imbert will succeed Alain Ducasse, the most starred chef in the world, to lead the kitchens of


His departure had caused an earthquake in the world of gastronomy.

The announcement of his successor also: at only 39 years old, the media chef Jean Imbert, friend of the stars, will take the place of Alain Ducasse, the most starred chef in the world, to run the kitchens of the Parisian palace Plaza Athénée.

"Jean Imbert was chosen by the Hotel Plaza Athénée, member of the Dorchester Collection, to take over from Alain Ducasse as head of the kitchen for the entire hotel," the palace announced on Tuesday in a brief press release with a photo of the new chef, in sneakers, in front of the palace entrance.

Jean Imbert, winner in 2012 of the very popular “Top Chef” program, is not distinguished by the Michelin guide.

But he had welcomed in his Parisian restaurant Johnny Hallyday and Robert de Niro, and runs the restaurants of American rapper Pharrell Williams, his friend, in Miami and Saint-Tropez.

A makeover?

This change of style in the kitchens of the luxury hotel on avenue Montaigne comes in the context of the health crisis which has plunged the haute cuisine of palaces into hibernation, emptied of their rich international clientele.

The Dorchester group, operator of nine luxury hotels belonging to the Brunei investment agency, announced in May the end of its partnership with Alain Ducasse at the Plaza where he had managed for 20 years "Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée", 3 Michelin stars, where he imposed the very avant-garde concept of “naturalness”, which banishes meat and minimizes butter.

The Ritz, another legendary hotel on Place Vendôme in Paris, for its part opened to the general public at the beginning of June, by inaugurating a boutique with creations by its pastry chef François Perret, who in 2019 was crowned “best pastry chef of restaurant in the world ”by the Association des Grandes tables du monde.

Source: leparis

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