Simone Zanoni

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Simone Zanoni
Born25 June 1976 (1976-06-25) (age 49)
Salò, Italy
Culinary career
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Simone Zanoni (born 25 June 1976) is an Italian chef. He is the chef at Le George in Paris, which has a Michelin star and is one of three restaurants at the Four Seasons Hotel George V.[1] Previously, he was a chef at restaurants owned by Gordon Ramsay.

Early life and education

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Simone Zanoni was born in Salò and grew up in Lombardy on a farm at Provaglio Val Sabbia,[2] near the Lake Garda. He was introduced to cooking at a young age, as his family made its own charcuterie, vegetables and cheeses. During the summer, he visited his grandparents to help make cheese and tortellini.[3] Zanoni says his grandmother taught him about the technical side of cooking.[2] On the advice of his father, he followed cooking studies at the Istituto Alberghiero polivalente in Idro while working on weekends in a cooking team on Lake Garda.[3]

Career

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After graduating at the age of 18, Zanoni moved to London to learn English. He began working in a trattoria called the Mediterraneo, while taking classes at Le Cordon Bleu. Later, he started work as an assistant in Gordon Ramsay's Michelin-starred restaurant Aubergine, later becoming chef de partie. In January 2001, he became a sous-chef at several of Ramsay's restaurants, including Amarylis (one Michelin star), Pétrus (two Michelin stars) and Claridge's (one Michelin star).

In 2003, Zanoni briefly returned to Italy, working at Dal Pescatore in Canneto sull'Oglio.[4] That August,[5] after the death of the chef David Dempsey,[3] he was appointed head chef of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London, which was the city's only restaurant with three Michelin stars. In 2007, Zanoni relocated to Versailles, to become the executive chef at the two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the Trianon Palace.

In September 2016, he was appointed head chef of Le George, a Mediterranean restaurant at the Hotel George V in Paris. Opened in October 2015 as the hotel's second restaurant after Le Cinq, Le George was awarded a Michelin star in 2017.[1]

In 2017, Zanoni created a 3,000 m2 vegetable garden for the restaurant, at the Domain of Montreuil in the Yvelines. The garden is maintained by a team of 5 gardeners, including people in professional reinsertion.[1] Engaged in the preservation of the environment and for a "reasoned" gastronomy,[6] Simone Zanoni created a bio-virtuous system, where waste from Le George is transformed into composted and used to nourish the soil of the garden.[7] He was also chef of the kasher restaurant Le Rafaël in Paris,[8] opened in 2014 and closed since. He also opened a pizzeria in Versailles named Pizzeria César by Simone Zanoni.[9]

Other activities

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Zanoni is passionate about cars[10] and an ambassador for Porsche.[11]

Publications

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  • Zanoni Conseils, ed. (2020). Le confinement d'un Chef (in French). ISBN 979-10-699-5284-3.
  • La Martinière, ed. (11 October 2018). Mon Italie - 100 produits, 120 recettes, voyages au cœur du terroir (in French). ISBN 2732480029.
  • Flammarion, ed. (21 October 2015). Haute cuisine (in French). ISBN 2081370298.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Simone Zanoni - interview pour F&S au George V : les palaces n'ont plus envie d'avoir des chefs qui ne sont pas rentables. À mon sens, la rentabilité du restaurant fait aussi partie du poste de chef". Food & Sens (in French). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Livre, rencontre avec le chef Simone Zanoni, "Mon Italie"". My Little Recettes (in French). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Trianon Palace : un restaurant et des bons plats signés Simone Zanoni". Marie France (in French). 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Simone Zanoni". Identità Golose Web: magazine italiano di cucina internazionale. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. ^ Kemp, Margaret (26 November 2011). "BUZZ: Gordon Ramsay at Trianon Palace, Simone Zanoni, Tour d'Argent, Michelin Chicago". Bonjour Paris. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Simone Zanoni : un chef engagé". Paris Match (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Simone Zanoni". Taste of Paris (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ Rubin, Emmanuel (12 March 2014). "Rafaël by Simone Zanoni : gastronomie kasher". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Pizzeria César by Simone Zanoni - Versailles | MICHELIN Restaurants" (in French). Guide Michelin. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Prix Collet du livre de chef : 'Mon Italie', par Simone Zanoni". Food & Sens (in French). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Small Talk : Simone Zanoni". Les Echos (in French). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.