Alain Chapel is a very renowned chef, mythical figure, in a way, because he was very charismatic, very,
Alain Chapel-- Rigor, discipline.
Alain de Botton has the School of Life in London, which has a interesting parallel where it's this place where people get together and talk about these deep philosophical
Alain Chapel was haute cuisine-- the true meaning of it-- in the same way as haute couture is now, and will always exist, and should always exist.
Alain has written many, many books-- great books.
Alain's very humble. He said he didn't do it all by himself.
Alain thinks that it should be majority percentage of satisfaction
Alain says yes because it creates a buzz, creates a certain want from the people who
Alain Ducasse eating vegan food.
Alain thinks that us, as chefs, have a responsibility, as well to get this message across--
Azzedine Alai was my papa.
And Alain Chapel taught him about the way you spend hours selecting the ingredients.
And Alain was saying, oh, maybe I would like to eat-- --veal today-- With--
If Alain Chapel after the meal was silent, that meant that it was perfect.
And Alain says, yeah, why not?
Knowing Alain, my right hand, he has already re-seasoned it.
So Alain, first of all, I want to find out-- or we would like to find out-- a little bit about you, how you started.
How Alain Ducasse, a little boy, got into cooking.
So Alain said, like a lot of French kids, their grandmother was cooking at home.
And Alain achieved the three stars in 33 months.
But Alain was explaining that he got a phone call from Joel Robuchon, another amazing chef,
What Alain sees in London is a great, vibrant city-- a city that now has embraced food, wine, and all the finer
And Alain remarked, I don't remember you being like this when you were 18.
Please welcome Alain Ducasse and Nicolas Chatenier.
Because he finishes with Alain Chapel.
She trained with Alain Ducasse in weekends in Monaco.
And classic Alain Ducasse.
I know Azzedine Alaia, Nelson Mandela.
And Azzedine Alaia was a very similar type of person who was a major influence in my life since I was 16, embraced me, brought me into his home.
My friend Alain and fellow chef, god to a lot of young chefs, and someone that is highly, highly respected.
I just missed Alain.
I think Alain finished in August and I started work in September.
What did Alain Chapel-- was a perfect experience.
The experience at Alain Chapel taught him rigor.
And I think Alain, as well.
A little bit about Alain and going global-- or as you call it, glocal--
I think what Alain has just said there is very important, as well.
This is-- and Alain is very much like all of us.
And my friend Alain Anu, the pilot, checking out some cracked mud
You are here in the place where Alain Aspect performed forty years ago, his experiments on the measurement of Bell's inequalities, and here are some of the original pictures
And after seven years at Alain Chapel.
We worked in the same place for Alain Chapel-- an extraordinary chef.
But also the fact that Alain Chapel was way ahead of his years, and he was a modern chef of that era-- quite
And that was the beginning of the Alain Ducasse adventure and venturing out worldwide.
And I think that is something which Alain is very generous with his time, and very generous with his staff, as well.
And this is another passion of Alain's, and it is the future-- what the future holds
he will be working for Alain Ducasse as from next week.
He's starting on Friday working for Alain Ducasse.
The red parachute's my crazy friend Alain Anu and the winds are so strong here and this is a ridge of salt and Alain Anu was flying -- the
So he was on duty to cook the meals for Alain Chapel and his mother every day.