Dubai: For Pierre Gagnaire food is all about emotions

Dubai: For Pierre Gagnaire food is all about emotions

Michelin star chef explains why the city is the perfect setting for him

Published: Tue 13 Dec 2022, 10:57 AM

As we walk into the understated yet luxe Pierre’s TT one balmy afternoon, we are greeted by its resident patron — an indolent brass tortoise. The elegantly set restaurant in stylish hues of pink and green is languid, as if taking in a moment before the evening service brings with it chattering diners and clinks of glass and cutlery and service staff waltzing around with plates filled with emotions.

Outdoors, there is someone soaking in the sun, and on closer look we espy the three-Michelin star chef who is making the most of his brief time in the city where he has jetted in from Europe. There is a placidness to Chef Pierre Gagnaire — he doesn’t seem the kind who would temperamentally fling the hotpot at the kitchen wall or cuss his team out if the steak is plated wrongly.

Bonjours and Mercis fill the air as we sit down with Pierre Gagnaire for a tete-a-tete. It’s fascinating to note that the chef has flown down to the UAE all the way from Paris to oversee his Dubai outpost that attracts discerning epicureans