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About Michel Roux
Michel Roux was a French chef, restaurateur and television personality best remembered as the co-owner of well-known UK restaurants, Le Gavroche and The Waterside Inn.
Family Life
His elder brother is also a renowned chef named, Albert Roux. He had a son known as Alain Roux, who became the owner of The Waterside Inn in 2002. His second wife, Robyn Joyce passed away in 2017.
Achievements
In 2008, Roux was the recipient of Tatler magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2002, he was honored as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and received an Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from the University of Rhode Island.
His restaurants, the Waterside Inn and Le Gavroche have held three Michelin stars and 2 Michelin stars respectively.
Trivia
He and his brother, Albert founded the Roux Brothers Scholarship in 1984.
He has made guest appearances on many television shows including MasterChef, Saturday Kitchen, Woman’s Hour, The Roux Legacy and BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
He once considered quitting cooking to become an opera singer.
Roux was known to have had the chronic lung ailment, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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F.A.Q. about Michel Roux
When is his birthday?
Michel Roux's birthday is on April 19, 1941.
In how many days is his birthday?
Michel's birthday is in 24 days
How old was Michel when he died?
He was 78 years old.
When did he die?
He died in March 12, 2020.
How old would he be today?
Michel Roux would be 82 years old if he was alive today.
Where was Michel from?
He was born in Charolles, France.