Monaco's master chef Alain DUCASSE immortalized by the Grévin Museum
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The inauguration of master chef Alain DUCASSE's wax double at the Gévin Museum took place on Monday, March 23rd in Paris. Bernard Pivot, president of the Grévin Academy, presided at a ceremony presented by Bernard Spindler, a prominent Monegasque journalist and close friend of the chef.
Born in southwestern France, Alain Ducasse has become one of the most famous chefs of our time and currently presides over 22 restaurants around the world, including Monaco's prestigious Louis XV.
As a master chef, a creator of restaurants and a dedicated teacher, Alain Ducasse has spent 25 years developing his multiple talents to an unrivaled level of excellence. In May 2009 he will inaugurate a new school for "Haute Cuisine" in Paris open to students of all levels and offering courses to aspiring cooks, pastry chefs and wine specialists. Created in 2001, The Grévin Academy designates new candidates to be immortalized in wax by the Museum.
The committee includes journalists from a variety of fields (sports, culture, politics…) who make their choices according to the popularity and newsworthy qualities of prospective candidates. Alain Ducasse was chosen by unanimous vote at the April 2008 reunion, after which the Museum's sculptor Eric Chaffray and his team began six months of work with a series of photo, video and 3D image sessions, plus the molding of Ducasse's face and body so as to achieve the finest possible true-to-life double. Alain Ducasse is represented standing and dressed in his chef's uniform, with a large number of the ingredients and utensils he uses set on a table in front of him… all created in wax.
Other famous figures soon to grace the halls of the Grévin Museum include Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and actress Carole Bouquet.
Born in southwestern France, Alain Ducasse has become one of the most famous chefs of our time and currently presides over 22 restaurants around the world, including Monaco's prestigious Louis XV.
As a master chef, a creator of restaurants and a dedicated teacher, Alain Ducasse has spent 25 years developing his multiple talents to an unrivaled level of excellence. In May 2009 he will inaugurate a new school for "Haute Cuisine" in Paris open to students of all levels and offering courses to aspiring cooks, pastry chefs and wine specialists. Created in 2001, The Grévin Academy designates new candidates to be immortalized in wax by the Museum.
The committee includes journalists from a variety of fields (sports, culture, politics…) who make their choices according to the popularity and newsworthy qualities of prospective candidates. Alain Ducasse was chosen by unanimous vote at the April 2008 reunion, after which the Museum's sculptor Eric Chaffray and his team began six months of work with a series of photo, video and 3D image sessions, plus the molding of Ducasse's face and body so as to achieve the finest possible true-to-life double. Alain Ducasse is represented standing and dressed in his chef's uniform, with a large number of the ingredients and utensils he uses set on a table in front of him… all created in wax.
Other famous figures soon to grace the halls of the Grévin Museum include Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and actress Carole Bouquet.
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