Alexis Gauthier: The Michelin Starred French Chef Who Turned Vegan

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“I understand that when you have been [going to] a restaurant for many years, for some customers, it's normal to think that somehow you own it a little bit, like, ‘Oh, this is my table, this is my restaurant.’ And, then when the restaurant changes completely, you feel really betrayed… I invited them. I invited a lot of people, a lot of my regular customers. I said, ‘don't worry, we have changed. But nothing has changed, you know, just come. I invite you and your family. You come and eat just like you used to do, and you are going to love it.’ And they did not. And they took revenge. Took revenge.” – Alexis Gauthier

Alexis Gauthier opened his first restaurant in London when he was 24 and he received his first Michelin star a couple of years later. He’s a French chef who has run Gauthier Soho for many years. And for a great part of that time his restaurant served traditional French food.

But, in 2016 Alexis became vegan and in 2021 he removed all animal products from his restaurant menus. This created quite the uproar.

Alexis and I met in London last week and I had dinner at Gauthier Soho the day after we had this conversation. The food is even better than what he describes, truly, it was one of the best meals I've ever had.

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Links:

Species Unite: SpeciesUnite.com

Gauthier Soho: https://www.gauthiersoho.co.uk/

Studio Gauthier: https://www.studiogauthier.co.uk/

123V: https://www.123vegan.co.uk/

123V Bakery: https://123vegan.co.uk/bakery.php