Pierre is a French Haute Cuisine restaurant situated on the 25th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong which opened in October 2006 after a major renovation to the hotel
Pierre Gagnaire is a well known French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris. Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef who was at the forefront of the fusion movement. Beginning his career in St. Etienne where he won three Michelin Stars, Gagnaire tore at the conventions of classic French cooking by introducing jarring juxtapositions of flavours, tastes, textures, and ingredients. His influence on cooking has been worldwide.
The restaurant is considered one of the finest in France, specialising in 'modern French' cuisine, and has garnered three Michelin stars. Gagnaire is also Head Chef of Sketch in London. In 2005 both restaurants were ranked in the top 20 in the world by industry magazine Restaurant with Pierre Gagnaire ranking third chef in 2006 and 2007.
Gagnaire's new concept restaurant Pierre at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Hong Kong opened in October 2006.
On his website Pierre Gagnaire gives his 'mission statement' as the wish to run a restaurant which is 'facing the future but respectful of the past' .
