Chez Roux, London W1: ‘Posh comfort food for the weary, moneybags traveller’ – restaurant review
Michel Roux Jr has been at pains to say that he’s no longer chasing Michelin stars, but is that possibly a way to manage expectations?
February 2024
Le Gavroche: rare wines from Michelin-starred restaurant to be sold at auction
Auction lots include illuminated front sign and Burgundy wine expected to sell for up to £12,000
January 2024
Michel Roux Jr to close doors of Le Gavroche for final time after 56 years
Michelin-starred chef announces ‘Le Gavroche residencies at sea’ on two Cunard lines but says iconic restaurant will shut on 13 January
September 2023
Happy eater
Michel Roux’s Le Gavroche isn’t just a restaurant: it has been a school for chefs
Jay Rayner
The luxury Mayfair restaurant will close in January. Why should you care? Because it’s been a vital part of British cultural life
August 2023
Michel Roux Jr to close Le Gavroche restaurant for ‘better work-life balance’
Chef announces closure of two-Michelin starred Mayfair institution, which originally opened in Chelsea in 1967
July 2023
Lunch with...
Michel Roux: ‘It’s hard to avoid the ‘B-word’ – Brexit – when you look at the situation today’
In his daughter’s Notting Hill restaurant, the chef reflects on his food dynasty and the most gifted cook he’s worked with
February 2019
Grace Dent on restaurants
Caractère, London W11: ‘A bit of a trip’ – restaurant review
Playful, satisfying and occasionally baffling, there is lots to love at Emily Roux’s new restaurant
October 2018
The cook's cook
Crusted pigeons and 'impressionist' cooks: TV food expert Rosemary Shrager's kitchen inspirations
The cook explains how French chefs inspired her early experiments
November 2017
Stuff you, Roux: if I’ve forked out for one of your meals, I want a photo
Stuart Heritage
The gastro-lord has vetoed food snaps due to overzealous Instagrammers. But his dishes covet the camera, writes Guardian columnist Stuart Heritage
August 2017
Observer running special
Why I run by Malcolm Gladwell, Denise Lewis, Sadiq Khan and more
Former political strategist Alastair Campbell says he gets his best ideas while running, DJ Charlie Dark uses it to bring communities together and chef Michel Roux Jr says it helps him deal with stress
June 2017
TV review
Tried and Tasted review – an odd culinary concoction
Michel Roux Jr leads a bunch of people you know from other programmes doing taste tests on popular supermarket foods. Plus: Supershoppers returns
December 2016
As a waitress, I work tirelessly for tips – it’s what keeps me out of poverty
Poppy Noor
Michel Roux to give thousands in back pay to Le Gavroche chefs
Long hours and low pay the norm for young chefs, says Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr, here’s a recipe for tipping
Deborah Orr
Michel Roux Jr to scrap service charge and increase menu prices
Michel Roux Jr admits restaurant staff get no share of service charge
Michel Roux Jr apologises for paying chefs less than minimum wage
November 2016
Michel Roux Jr's failure to pay chefs minimum wage 'not acceptable'
The new world of work
TV chef Michel Roux Jr paid kitchen staff below minimum wage
