La Maison Troisgros

La Maison Troisgros is a Michelin Guide three-starred restaurant in Roanne, France north west of the city of Lyon. Head chef, Michel Troisgrois of the Troisgros family, runs the hotel/restaurant along with his wife Marie-Pierre.

In 1930, Burgundy native Jean-Baptiste Troisgros moved to Roanne with his wife, Marie, and bought a small hotel. She did the cooking, he oversaw the house. This was the beginning of a 3-generation dynasty of gastronomy that has seen La Maison Troisgros celebrate more than 30 consecutive years with three Michelin stars.

Marie and Jean-Baptiste had two famous chef sons, Jean and Pierre among the inventors of nouvelle cuisine. Michel Trosgros is one of two celebrated chef sons (the other is Claude) of Pierre. In this generation Michel is the cook and his wife Marie-Pierre (they met while she was studying hotel management in Grenoble) looks after the house, the decor and the shop.

Michel's cuisine is noted both for its internationalism (there are many Japanese touches) and its use of local ingredients (red currants in summer, for example). He is also known, as is the American chef Mario Batali, for his enthusiastic use of acidic notes in his dishes.

Pierre Troisgros once noted that the restaurant used to be identified as being across the street from the train station. Now people identify the station as across the street from La Maison Troisgros. This says something about both the fame of the hotel/restaurant and the relative quietude of the town of Roanne.

The restaurant was voted 25th best in the world in Restaurant (magazine) Top 50 2008.

3 Stars Michelin Restaurant "La Maison Troisgros" in Roanne, France

He returns to “the Troisgros” in Roanne restaurant with his father Pierre, after the death of his uncle Jean in 1983, then it continues with his wife Marie-Pierre, mistress of hotel and decorator, in a warm and modern atmosphere of purified design, modernity, Zen, elegance and refinement, " to be indeed, of intimacy, comfort, peace, sensual delight ", by protecting the family feeling and the high level of reputation of the establishment while adding to it with talent their numerous international experiences.

“Le Central” Restaurant, in Roanne, France

In the 1990s, Michel Troisgros opens to Roanne " Le Central " (nicknamed " the appendix " because adjoining celebrates the famous 3 stars restaurant “Maison Troisgros”), a traditional cooking.

“Le Koumir” Restaurant, in Moscow, Russia

In 2001, Michel Troisgros opens the restaurant Koumir ("diva") in Moscow, in a mansion of 19th century, between the place Pouchkin Square and the Red Square.

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