Michel Richard
| Michel Richard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 7, 1948 Pabu, France |
| Died | August 13, 2016 (aged 68) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Chef, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Carmel and Central in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Washington, D.C |
Michel Louis-Marie Richard (/mᵻˈʃɛlrᵻˈʃɑːrd/ mə-SHEL rə-SHARD; French: [miʃɛl ʁiʃaʁ]; March 7, 1948 – August 13, 2016) was a French-born chef, formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles. He owned the restaurant Carmel and Central in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Washington, D.C.
Richard was born in Pabu,Brittany, France on March 7, 1948 and raised in Champagne. He learned to cook when he was age 7. At the age of 9, he participated in the French equivalent of the Fresh Air Fund.
Having been told that if he wanted to be a chef he first needed to learn to be a pastry chef, by age 14 he was an apprentice baker at a hotel in Reims. After serving in the French Army he worked at the bakery Maison Lenotre in Paris, under French pastry chef Gaston Lenotre. He opened Lenotre's short-lived New York branch, Chateau France, then moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to run the French Pastry Shop at La Fonda Hotel.
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