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34-550: Colin Page, Director of Marketing, Diners Club UK, conceived the idea of the chef's scholarship with Michel Roux in 1983. The sponsorship of the scholarship was finally agreed between Nick Rowe of Diners Club that same year following a luncheon at Roux's Waterside Inn when it was agreed the Roux brothers could front a scholarship for up and coming chefs and that Rowe's credit card company would back it financially. Michel spoke to his brother Albert

68-589: A French style by Michel Roux's wife, Robyn. In 2010, the Waterside Inn became the only restaurant outside France to retain three Michelin stars for 25 years. To celebrate, a party was held to which every Michelin starred chef in the UK was invited; 116 chefs attended. In addition, an offer was extended to local residents for lunch at 1985 prices, at a cost of £14.50 each instead of the normal £56. Matthew Fort reviewed The Waterside Inn for The Guardian in 2002, giving

102-495: A chef like his father. Roux met his second wife (1984–2017) Robyn Joyce, after being set up on a blind date with her by former apprentice Leigh Stone-Herbert in Sydney , Australia. The relationship has been credited with opening the door to Australian chefs being trained by the Roux brothers. Michel Roux died on the night of 11 March 2020, at home in Bray, Berkshire , aged 78, following

136-418: A guest judge on MasterChef: The Professionals , alongside his nephew Michel Jr, and on Saturday Kitchen alongside his son Alain. Roux and his brother have been called the "godfathers of modern restaurant cuisine in the UK" by hospitality industry magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper , while The Observer Food Monthly described him as "perhaps the finest pastry chef this country has ever had" when he

170-756: The National Order of Merit as a Chevalier (knight), and into the Mérite agricole as an officer. In 1990 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , and in 2004 the Legion of Honour followed. Outside France he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and was made an honorary Doctor of Culinary Arts by the University of Rhode Island in

204-709: The pâtisserie included making up to sixty galettes des rois over the course of three days for Epiphany . Albert found Roux further employment as his apprenticeship ended. As Albert was working at the British Embassy in Paris as a sous chef , Roux joined him there as the pastry chef for the Embassy. He moved on from there to become a chef in Philippe de Rothschild 's service, while Albert moved to England to work there. Between 1960 and 1962, Roux served his French National Service . He

238-556: The 2nd woman to win the competition. Highlights of the competition, including a Masterclass of the National Final dish(s) by Michel Jr. and Alain are featured on The Roux Scholarship YouTube Channel. Waterside Inn The Waterside Inn , in Bray, Berkshire , England, is a restaurant founded by the brothers Michel and Albert Roux after the success of Le Gavroche . It is currently run by Michel's son, Alain. The restaurant has three Michelin stars , and in 2010 it became

272-593: The Judging Committee, providing unique insight and wisdom to the critique of the finalists abilities. These Chefs are noted for their reputations as some of the best chefs in the world with an emphasis on their passion to help young chefs advance their careers. Former Judges include Albert Roux , Michel Roux , Victor Ceserani , Peter Kromberg , Heston Blumenthal , Rick Stein , Gary Rhodes , David Nicholls , former Roux Scholar Steve Love and inaugural Roux Scholarship winner Andrew Fairlie . The 2020 Competition

306-497: The Roux family-centric series The Roux Legacy , and on the Woman's Hour programme on BBC Radio 4 . Michel Roux was born on 19 April 1941 in Charolles , Saône-et-Loire , in a room above his grandfather's charcuterie (a delicatessen specializing in meat products). He moved to Paris with his family after the war, where his father Michel set up his own charcuterie, after not taking over

340-550: The Thames flowing past outside" wrote Ben McCormack in 2017. 51°30′33″N 0°41′56″W  /  51.5092°N 0.6990°W  / 51.5092; -0.6990 Michel Roux Michel Roux , OBE ( [mi.ʃɛl ʁu] ; 19 April 1941 – 11 March 2020), also known as Michel Roux Snr. , was a French chef and restaurateur working in Britain. Along with his brother Albert , he opened Le Gavroche , which subsequently became

374-543: The UK for 2011. Heston Blumenthal 's nearby Bray based restaurant The Fat Duck placed first, while Le Gavroche placed fifteenth. The Waterside Inn was placed first for both food and service in the Zagat survey on restaurants in London and Southeast England . Hardens Survey Results 2023 awarded The Waterside Inn 5 / 5 for Food, Service and Ambience. “Perfection… and in a perfect waterside location”. "An expereience at serene as

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408-552: The Waterside Inn shortly after it celebrated 25 years with three Michelin stars. While he also criticised the cost of some of the courses, saying "I knew it was expensive. Everybody knows that," he celebrated the quality of the food, describing his main course as "ambrosial" and "fabulous". He gave the restaurant four out of five each for food and ambiance, and five out of five for service. The Waterside Inn placed eighteenth in The Good Food Guide ' s top 60 restaurants in

442-540: The Waterside Inn. Michel was a consultant to British Airways for twenty years between 1983 and 2003, and for Celebrity Cruises since 1990. The Roux brothers' catering company was purchased by Compass Group in 1993, with Albert retained as a consultant. Roux's son, Alain Roux , currently runs the Waterside Inn in Bray, having taken over as chef patron in 2002. In July 2008, Roux announced that he would move permanently to Crans-Montana , Switzerland, citing concerns about

476-666: The basics. Little attention is paid to detail. Instead, they are intent on having a giggle and a joke. They can do this without involving food." The Roux brothers had a BBC television show, At Home with the Roux Brothers , in the early eighties. Together with his brother Albert, Roux appeared on BBC Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs on 26 October 1986. The Good Food channel aired a five-part series entitled The Roux Legacy in January 2012, which featured both brothers, along with their sons Michel Jr. and Alain. Roux had also appeared as

510-526: The brothers opened a second restaurant, the Waterside Inn , in Bray, Berkshire , and launched a catering business. In 1974, when Michelin stars were first awarded in the UK, Le Gavroche and the Waterside Inn both won a star, and when a number of restaurants won two Michelin stars for the first time in 1977, both Roux restaurants were among them. Le Gavroche moved to a new location in Mayfair in 1982, and in

544-447: The competition includes Michel Roux, Jr. and Alain Roux as the chairmen, alongside Brian Turner as vice chairman and chefs James Martin , Clare Smyth , Angela Hartnett , Rachel Humphrey , as well as former Roux Scholarship winners André Garrett , Sat Bains & Simon Hulstone . In 2024, Michel's daughter, Chef Emily Roux joined the judging panel. From 2016, Each year's National Final has also featured an Honorary President of

578-586: The family business in Charolles. His father gambled away all of the family's money, and the shop was closed to prevent it from going bankrupt . By the time Roux turned ten, his father had left the family and was not heard from again. Roux's older brother Albert had already become a patissier ( pastry chef ), and Roux followed him into this field at the age of fourteen. He became an apprentice to Camille Loyal in Belleville , working seventy-hour weeks. Roux's tasks at

612-402: The final, where there is one Scholar named. Entrants are limited to chefs who are working in full-time employment. Chefs are not limited to applying on one occasion; both Simon Hulstone and Mark Birchall competed on four occasions before winning. The winner of the competition is allowed to choose a three Michelin starred restaurant to cook in for three months. The Current Judging panel for

646-426: The first restaurant outside France to retain all three stars for twenty-five years. The Waterside Inn opened in 1972, following the Roux brothers' success at Le Gavroche . Pierre Koffmann was made the first head chef, having worked for Michel and Albert Roux at Le Gavroche. Koffmann remained as head chef until 1977 when he left to open his own restaurant, La Tante Claire . Michel Roux took over as head chef at

680-493: The first three Michelin starred restaurant in Britain and The Waterside Inn , which was the first restaurant outside France to hold three stars for 25 years. Roux followed his brother into becoming a pastry chef and again to England in order to open their first restaurant. The pair were described as the "godfathers of modern restaurant cuisine in the UK" and Roux was inducted into several French orders , and received two lifetime achievement awards from different publications. He

714-557: The following day, who said that Michel could lead on it. Michel thought it would be a good way for young chefs to gain experience in French restaurants, which were not open to employing British chefs at the time. The competition was formerly known as the Roux Diners Club Scholarship. Each entrant must enter a paper application, which are then reviewed and broken down into regional competitions. Each regional winner goes through to

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748-561: The other of the Roux brothers, with Michel estimating in 2010 that "Half of the Michelin star-holders in Britain come from either my brother's kitchen or my kitchen". These have included Gordon Ramsay , Marco Pierre White , and Pierre Koffman . Roux was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France en Pâtisserie in 1976. He was a member of several orders in France. In 1987, he was inducted into

782-449: The restaurant a rating of eighteen out of twenty, and stated that the price of the meal was "money very well spent". Matthew Norman, reviewing the Waterside Inn for The Daily Telegraph in 2010, praised the setting and the attentive service but criticised the value for money of the food served; he gave it a total of six out of ten, but described the cheese trolley as "spectacular". Also in 2010, John Walsh for The Independent visited

816-429: The restaurant manager since 1988, and speaks of the two chefs highly, "Mr Michel was always there in the kitchen – morning, afternoon, night – with his big voice. Now it is the turn of Alain. Alain is a great man, too, but in his own way." In addition to being a restaurant, the Waterside Inn has been slowly expanding the number of rooms available for overnight stays since 1992. The interiors were designed individually in

850-457: The restaurant, slowly handing the reins over during the 2010s to his son and the current chef-patron, Alain Roux . Michel spoke of the handover, "The Waterside Inn has been my life but now my son runs it. What could be better? I am very proud of him. After all his name is above the door." Alain has added his own menu items to the restaurant while keeping Roux family classics like soufflé suissesse and tronçonnette de homard. Diego Masciaga has been

884-427: The same year became the first restaurant in the UK to be awarded three Michelin stars. The same rating for the Waterside Inn followed in 1985, but Le Gavroche went back down to two stars in 1993 and did not regain the three star level before it closed in 2024. In 2010, the Waterside Inn became the first restaurant outside France to have held three Michelin stars for a period of 25 years. The Roux Brothers Scholarship

918-421: The same year. Michel Roux was the brother of Albert Roux . Michel had a son named Alain Roux , while Albert's son is also named Michel Roux . When Alain was ten years old, Roux and his wife divorced, with his wife taking British-born Alain and his two sisters to France. Alain would visit during the school holidays and work with Michel in the kitchens, and decided at the age of fourteen that he wanted to become

952-470: The state of public safety in Britain. He also owned a vineyard and house on the Cote d'Azur in France. Since 2014, Roux worked with British baking company, Bakedin, as a consultant reviewing and approving all recipes. Roux spoke out against entertainment-type cooking shows such as the 1990s cooking gameshow Can't Cook, Won't Cook , saying that "The way these people handle food is a crime. They don't even know

986-518: Was awarded their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Roux had previously won the Lifetime Achievement award from Tatler magazine in 2008. In a poll of UK chefs carried out by Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine in 2003, the Roux brothers were voted the most influential chefs in the country, and in 2004 Michel Roux was voted the AA Chef's Chef. Many well known chefs have been trained by one or

1020-575: Was decorated during a period of National Service for France during the 1960s. He founded the Roux Brothers Scholarship along with Albert in 1984, and worked as a consultant for companies such as British Airways and Celebrity Cruises over the years. After he and his brother split the business in 1986, Roux took the Waterside Inn, which he handed over to his son, Alain , in 2002. He remained an active food writer and appeared on television shows such as Saturday Kitchen , MasterChef and

1054-562: Was first stationed at the Palace of Versailles , but was later posted overseas in Béchar , Algeria. He was awarded the Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord . Roux nearly decided to give up cooking to become an opera singer , but instead followed Albert to London, despite not being able to speak English. He would later recall that people thought he

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1088-447: Was founded by Albert and Michel in 1984. It is an annual competition to select a single chef to send out as an apprentice. The first winner was Andrew Fairlie , and winners over the years have included Sat Bains (1999) and Simon Hulstone (2003). In 1986 the brothers split their restaurant business between them, following a disagreement over the direction that their joint business should take; Albert took Le Gavroche, while Michel took

1122-402: Was mad for travelling there as he considered the state of English cooking at the time to be horrific. In 1967 the brothers opened their first restaurant, Le Gavroche at Lower Sloane Street in London. The opening party was attended by celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin and Ava Gardner . For the following week, Chaplin was reportedly shuttled across London so he could eat there. In 1972

1156-553: Was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with a combined 2020/2021 competition taking place in September and October, 2021. In 2023, rather than a pre-selected dish that the finalists would be given on the day, the 6 contenders were allowed to prepare their own version of a French dish using Key ingredients (Dry Aged Sirloin Steak, Endives & Some form of Offal). April Lily Partridge became

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