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Michel Bras (born 4 November 1946) is a French chef. His restaurant located in
Laguiole Laguiole (; ''La Guiòla'' in Languedocien) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is known for its Laguiole cheese, which has an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (label of guaranteed origin), and as the birthpl ...
in the
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was rated three stars in the
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since 1999. It is also classed in the "
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" since 1992. He was classed several times among the 10 best restaurants in the world.


Career

His cooking style is described as "creative" is often associated to fresh herbs and edible flowers. He has also created the recipe of a famous biscuit with chocolate coulant. In June 2002, Michel opened with his son Sébastien a second restaurant at the Windsor Hotel of Hokkaido in Japan. The restaurant in Laguiole was named ''Bras Michel et Sébastien''. In 2008, Michel Bras and the Japanese brand KAI (specialized in knife confection and other blades) have been working together for a number of years. They have developed series of custom knives intended in majority to restaurant professionals. In 2014, Michel Bras launched a brasserie inside the Soulages museum located in Rodez, and also in
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a new original concept of fast-food named "Capucin", qualified as a "gastronomic and Aveyron version of the fast-food", which received several prizes, but closed in 2016. In September 2017, Sébastien Bras announced with the agreement of his family, to voluntarily give up his Michelin rating and not appear in the guide anymore, in order to continue to create more serenely.


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See also

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List of Michelin 3-star 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 ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bras, Michel 1946 births French chefs Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants Living people