What are some of the best restaurants in Paris?

Question

I recently graduated from the French Culinary Institute, and I want to move to Paris to become a chef. What are some of the best restaurants in Paris? How much do chefs get paid in Paris? Do you have any experience as a chef, or any experience in Paris? Any information you can give me would be fantastic! Thanks for answering!! I greatly appreciate it!!!

Answer 1

Some of the most famous restaurants in the world are in Paris.

Probably the best is Alain Ducasse, but there also is Pierre Gagnaire, the famous Tour D'Argent, and many other chefs with several Michelin rosettes.

You can read this article for yourself where the best are enumerated by Parisian districts:

http://www.nileguide.com/destination/paris/restaurants/insights



To work in France, if you are an American citizen, you would have to be exceptionally good and you would have to apply to a place where the owners or the main chef would be willing to take you on as a trainee and would support your application for a work and residence visa. You also would have to be fluent in French.

Chefs, unless they are right at the top of their profession and have gained many accolades, do not earn vast quantities of money, especially if they are just out of college, as they have to start at the bottom of the ladder and progressively gain their way up from commis chef. The annual salary of a chef varies based on their position in the kitchen, employer and industry. For instance, executive chefs receive higher salaries than sous chefs, pastry chefs and line cooks. A chef in a fine dining establishment earns more than a line cook at a fast food restaurant.

You also have to bear in mind that there are many young French chefs coming out of catering schools applying for such posts and by law they have to be employed before foreigners from abroad.

Answer 2

I agree with Sophie on many points. I think that to work in Paris is complicated and maybe it'd be a good idea to take still some culinary lessons at a renowned school in Paris and then try to get a job here, even if it's almost without being paid because it'd be a good experience and good for your CV.

http://www.egf.ccip.fr/escf/



Only chefs from a few restaurants are really well paid in Paris.



Between the best restaurants :



- Guy Savoy http://www.guysavoy.com/

- Eric Frechon (Hôtel Le Bristol) http://www.eric-frechon.com/

- Yannick Alleno (Le Meurice) http://www.yannick-alleno.fr/

- Antoine http://www.antoine-paris.fr/



I don't like Alain Ducasse, he's certainly a great chef but he's never present in his restaurants, business first.



I have also being twice to Taillevent ... it was really good about 12 years ago when Michel del Burgo was the chef but today ... the name & Michelin stars remain but not the fabulous gastronomy. The same for La Tour d'Argent, it used to be good but it's the past.



My favourite one is Eric Frechon at the Bristol Hotel, great chef, great person, devoted to his passion, always present, humble. The Bristol Hotel restaurant is also so nice, most of all during the spring and summer when the restaurant "moves" next to the hotel's garden, really lovely.

http://www.lebristolparis.com/



Antoine restaurant ... I love eating fish.



Pastries : Pierre Hermé http://www.pierreherme.com/



To see job offers and have an idea of salaries see :

http://www.journaldespalaces.com/

http://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/



http://www.parisbestrestaurants.com/

Answer 3

Throw a stone and you'll probably hit a restaurant. The South Bank especially is known for many little bistros with exceptional French food. . Good luck chef..

Answer 4

you have have been given all of the vacationer factors of interest above, so i will supply you a pair of eating places. huge form a million - (authentic economic enterprise) "Chez Julien" is close to Porte St. Denis and is an previous "belle epoch" kind eating place with mirrors, artwork of artwork and vintage hats mind-blowing on coat hooks. Very captivating. huge form 2 - Le Polidor - rue de Petit Prince and extremely previous. It has an previous bureau with a great number of little drawers the place popular clientele stored their napkins and cutlery till they back back for dinner. Prix fixe menu - not the superb nutrients yet very classic and actual looking. captivating place the place various people take a seat at great tables relatives kind.

Answer 5

Alain Ducasse

Answer 6

Work at Leon de Bruxelles!!