Guy Savoy Biography
Guy Savoy is a French chef and the owner of the namesake Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris as well as its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, both of which have received many Michelin stars. In Paris, he has three other restaurants.
How old is Guy Savoy? – Age
He is 69 years old as of 24 July 2022. He was born in 1953 in Nevers, France.
Guy Savoy Family
His parents moved to Bourgoin-Jallieu, a town in Isère, in 1955, where his father worked as a gardener and his mother operated a taproom that she later converted into a restaurant.
Guy Savoy Wife
He is married to Danielle Savoy and they have two children, Caroline, born on 21 January 1978 and Franck, born on 4 June 1979.
Guy Savoy Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Guy Savoy Michelin Stars
After a three-year apprenticeship with the Troisgros brothers and other experiences at prominent restaurants, he launched his own restaurant in New York before relocating to Paris’s rue Duret in 1980, where he acquired two Michelin stars in 1985. In 2002, he was awarded his third Michelin star. Savoy’s eponymous flagship restaurant in Paris was reduced from three to two Michelin stars just days before the release of the 2023 Michelin Guide for France.
The two Michelin stars, the AAA Five Diamond Award, the Forbes Five Star Award, and the Wine Spectator Grand Award have all been bestowed upon the Las Vegas restaurant. In 2002, Savoy in Paris received its third Michelin star; 21 years later, it was downgraded to two stars. In 2004 and 2005, the restaurant was named one of the world’s Top 50 Restaurants.
Guy Savoy Restaurants
Guy was Ramsay’s mentor in the kitchen, and he has referred to him as such. He recorded the voice of sous-chef Horst for the August 2007 release of the French version of the Pixar animated film Ratatouille.
He serves on the board of the French Mission for Food Culture, Heritage, and Culture (Mission Française du Patrimoine et des Cultures Alimentaires), which applied to UNESCO to include the “gastronomic meal of the French” on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. He served on the Prix Versailles World Judges Panel in 2017 and 2018. He won the French Influence Award for Gastronomy, the Prix du Rayonnement Gastronomique Français, in 2018.
The café was positioned among the Eatery Top 50 Eateries on the planet in 2004 and 2005. For the fourth year in a row, La Liste named it the Best Restaurant in the World in 2020. It has five Gault Millau hats and three Pudlowski Guide plates, and is positioned among the “best cafés in Paris” in the Lebey Guide.
