Éric Chavot (born 1967) is a French

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. He was working the head chef at the Bob Bob Cité and Bob Bob Ricard restaurants in London until January 2020, as well as the consultant chef at the

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's Coda restaurant. Born in

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, Gironde, Chavot was trained at the Boucanier, then at the Patio.

In Britain

Chavot trained in France before moving to London to continue his culinary pursuits. He worked as sous chef under

Raymond Blanc Raymond Blanc OBE (born 19 November 1949) is a French chef. Blanc is the chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the ''Good Food Guid ...

at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in

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, Oxfordshire; and then London's La Tante Claire and

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. He then worked as Head Chef at

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's "The Restaurant", the

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and Chez Nico at Ninety,

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, London. He then started his own restaurant Interlude de Chavot and later Chavot on the

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The Capital

Chavot was appointed Head Chef of The Capital Restaurant in August 1999, with the

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based around

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-inspired dishes. His flavourful and creatively presented dishes earned him two Michelin stars.

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's critic

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judged:

describes Chavot as "The best in London without a doubt.""Exclusive: Marco Pierre White on why he's back behind the stove for TV's Hell's Kitchen"
CatererSearch, Wednesday 25 April 2007 In 2008, Chavot represented the United Kingdom at the 25th anniversary celebration of the International Academy of Gastronomy, held at the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris.

Selfridges and the Weston Family

Chavot left the Capital in 2009 and worked with French chef Pierre Koffman at a special Pop Up restaurant on

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London. The Capital lost both its Michelin stars when he left. Chavot is an occasional columnist in ''

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,'' and as a guest chef on ''

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'' with James Martin. He caused controversy when accidentally swearing on the programme broadcast on 23 May 2009. After his stint at Selfridges he spent two seasons at the exclusive Weston estate in Florida troubleshooting their restaurants and implementing processes and methods for delivering his food to the residents.

Other restaurants

At the start of 2013 the eponymous Brasserie Chavot in Conduit Street was launched, next to and part of the Westbury hotel. It received a Michelin star the following year, but closed in 2015. Chavot worked as the head chef of Bob Bob Cité, previously Bob Bob Ricard when he joined, from August 2017 to January 2020, citing "private, family reasons".

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