- Gilles Goujon, Chef of The Year, 2010
Gilles Goujon is France's top chef for 2010. He was voted Chef of The Year by 6,000 of his peers, a group comprised of the nation's top chefs, sommeliers and patissiers. Goujon's trademark is his talent of combining"radiant, inventive yet traditional cuisine based on seasonal produce."
In 2010, Goujon's out-of-the way restaurant nestled 50km. outside of Perpignan in the Languedoc Roussillon region received its 3rd Michelin Star. This is a very exclusive circle and one reserved for the highest achieving chefs as is the Chef of They Year distinction, an award created by Le Chef magazine back in 1987 and reserved for top gastronomic distinction. Gault & Millau also awarded Goujon 5 chef hats this year, their highest award.
- Fontjoncouse, Corbieres region, Languedoc Roussillon.
- Auberge du Vieux Puits (The Old Well Inn)
It was in 1992 when Goujon opened his "real adventure," the Auberge du Vieux Puits, a modest out-of-the way inn located between vineyards and the garrigue scrubland in the 137-inhabitant village of Fontjoncouse, 50km. outside of Perpignan in the Corbières region. This little inn has earned a worldwide reputation, attracting connoisseurs from far, far afield who wish to delight in his inventive, with a Mediterranean touch, cuisine.
Born in 1961, Gilles Goujon worked with Chefs of such prestige as the Rouquette brothers in Ragueneau (Béziers), Roger Vergé at the Moulin de Mougins, Jean-Paul Passédat at the Petit Nice in Marseille and then with Gérard Clor at l'Escale in Carry-le-Rouet before opening up his own inn in the middle of the sweet-smellig, sage-filled garrigue. It was then, in 1997, that he earned his first Michelin star and the distinction of Meilleur Ouvrier de France. In 2001 he won his second star, recognized for his innovation. And now in 2010 he has his third Michelin star.
Goujon has spent part of his Autumn in Paris, on the Champs Elysees where he has been the guest chef at the time-honored Fouquet's. In October he and resident chef Jean-Yves Leuranguer put on a "Diner 4 Mains" for lucky and delighted gastronomy guests. Seasonal ingredients and innovative cuisine are Chef Goujon's signature and that's what you were treated to if you were able to catch him for the fleeting moments when he stepped off his vineyards and into the haute urban setting to share his starry talents with Parisian diners.
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