Éric Pras (born 1 March 1972) is a French
chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...
,
Meilleur Ouvrier de France
''Meilleur Ouvrier de France'' (shortened to MOF) is a competition for craftsmen held in France every four years. The winning candidates receive a medal.
Description
The title of ''Meilleur Ouvrier de France'' is a unique and prestigious award i ...
(2004), rated three stars by the
Guide Michelin
The Michelin Guides ( ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few establishments. The ac ...
.
He is the owner of the restaurant ''Lameloise'' located in
Chagny, Saône-et-Loire
Chagny () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
International relations
Chagny is twinned with Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England.
See also
*Communes of ...
.
Training and career
Pras trained at the Hôtel Central de Renaison and then at the
Maison Troisgros in
Roanne
Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fren ...
,
with
Bernard Loiseau
Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau (, 13 January 1951 – 24 February 2003) was a French chef at Le Relais Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu. He obtained his three stars in the Michelin Guide, and had a peak rating of 19.5/20 in the Gault Millau restaura ...
in
Saulieu
Saulieu () is a rural commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its 2,413 inhabitants (in 2017) call themselves Sédélociens.
Capital of the Morvan, situated within the Morvan Regional Na ...
, with
Pierre Gagnaire
Pierre Gagnaire (born 9 April 1950 in Apinac, Loire) is a French chef, and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris (in the 8th arrondissement). Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefro ...
in
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the t ...
,
with
Antoine Westermann in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, at the Belle Otéro in
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...
, and with
Régis Marcon
Régis Marcon (born 14 June 1956) is a French chef and "Maître Restaurateur". He is the owner of Hôtel ''Le Clos des Cimes'' located in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid in the Haute-Loire, awarded three stars by the Guide Michelin since 2005.
Style
His ...
in
Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid
Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (; Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Bonet lo Freid'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Loire Departments of France, department in south-central France.
Population
Personalities
* Régis Marcon - M ...
.
He left Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid in 2008, where he had worked since 2005 as a sous-chef and chef,
to go to Chagny where he replaced
Jacques Lameloise as head chef of the Maison Lameloise restaurant.
Books
* ''Toc toque'', Éveil et découvertes, 18 pages, 2008,
* With Frédéric Lamy (author), Philippe Rossat (author) and Matthieu Cellard (photographer), ''Lameloise : Une maison en Bourgogne'', Glénat, 216 pages, 2011,
See also
*
List of Michelin starred restaurants
Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin Guide to grade restaurants on their quality. The guide was originally developed in 1900 to show French drivers where local amenities such as restaurants and mechanics were. The rating sys ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pras, Eric
1972 births
French chefs
People from Roanne
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
Living people