Les Saveurs de Jean-Christophe Novelli, also known as Les Saveurs, was a restaurant in
Curzon Street,
Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...
,
London. Owned by
Marco Pierre White in the mid 1990s, it was purchased by
Jean-Christophe Novelli in April 1997.
The restaurant was Novelli's sixth to be opened in the
Novelli Group, in agreement with
Rocco Forte's RF Hotels. In the contract, Novelli agreed to pay 10% of turnover or a minimum of £100,000 a year to Rocco Forte.
The restaurant opened in 1998, but was closed just a year later
after losing money.
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay (; born ) is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall; it currently holds a tot ...
described the takeover as "astonishing, and involved Jean-Christophe Novelli, a man who Marco probably thinks should be in his eternal debt. Marco was dying to get his hands on Les Saveurs, in Curzon Street."
''Hospitality'' described the restaurant as "the upmarket Mayfair eatery that earned him
ovelliyet another
Michelin Star
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".
The venue reopened in 1999 as Novelli at Curzon Street.
References
Restaurants in London
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