Mauro Colagreco Explained

Mauro Colagreco (born 5 October 1976 in La Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine chef at the three-Michelin stars restaurant Mirazur in Menton, France.^[1]

Career

As a newly qualified chef, Colagreco headed to France and worked with Bernard Loiseau until his death in 2003. He then worked in Paris with Alain Passard at l’Arpège,^[2] Alain Ducasse at the Hotel Plaza Athénée and finally spending a year at Le Grand Véfour.^[3]

Colagreco established Mirazur in Menton in 2006. Just six months after opening Colagreco received the ‘Revelation of the Year’ award, a brand new category to recognize his merits, from Gault&Millau, and in less than a year, he earned his first Michelin star. His second Michelin star was awarded six years later.^[4]

Mirazur became officially one of the best restaurants in the world listed in The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants.^[5] In the same year, Colagreco was also awarded “Chef of the Year” by the prestigious Gault & Millau restaurant guide - the first non-French chef ever to receive this title.^[6]

His third Michelin star was awarded in January 2019.^[7]

In June 2019, Mirazur was elected the best restaurant in the world by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.^[8]

Colagreco has imposed a style of his own in the interpretation of ingredients and the contrast of flavours.^[9] This style is not rooted in his Italian-Argentine cultural heritage and does not refer to the experienced chefs with whom he worked in France.^[10]

In 2022, Colagreco was the very first chef to be named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for biodiversity.^[11]

Restaurants

• MIRAZUR: The first restaurant of Mauro Colagreco in Menton, France.^[12]
• AZUR, in Beijing, China.^[13]
• Grill 58°, in Macao, China.^[14]
• Le Siècle, in Nanjing, China.^[15]
• Grandcoeur, in Paris, France.^[16]
• BFire, in Courchevel, France.^[17]
• Le Majestic Bfire, in Cannes, France.^[18]
• Carne, in La Plata, Argentina.^[19]
• Carne, in Olivos, Argentina.^[20]
• Côte, in Bangkok, Thaïland^[21]
• Cycle, in Tokyo, Japan^[22]

Awards and honors

• 2009: Cuisinier de l’Année in Gault Millau^[23]
• 2017 : Nommé Chevalier de l’ordre national du Mérite^[24]
• 2017: Mirazur becomes a member of Les Grandes Tables du Monde^[25]
• 2018: Mirazur: The S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, #3^[26]
• 2019: Mirazur: The S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, #1^[27]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 9 Iconic Dishes from Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur. Fine Dining Lovers. en. 2019-07-02.
2. Web site: Everything You Need to Know About Mirazur, the 'Best' Restaurant in the World. Crowley. Chris. 2019-06-25. Grub Street. en. 2019-07-02.
3. Web site: Mirazur. The World's 50 Best Restaurants. en. 2019-07-02.
4. Web site: Mauro Colagreco, the head chef of Mirazur (Menton, France) Cacao Barry. www.cacao-barry.com. 2019-07-02.
5. Web site: The World's 50 Best Restaurants: French 'Mirazur' At The Top. Rodriguez. Cecilia. Forbes. en. 2019-07-02.
6. News: El primer chef latinoamericano en situar a su restaurante como número 1 del mundo en la lista "The World's 50 Best Restaurants". Redacción. 2019-06-26. 2019-07-02. en-GB.
7. Web site: Trois étoiles pour Le Clos des Sens et le Mirazur.
8. Web site: Mirazur experience: What it's like to eat at the world's best restaurant. www.cnn.com. 26 June 2019 .
9. Web site: Chef Mauro Colagreco On Partnering With Four Seasons For His First U.S. Restaurant. Chang. Katie. Forbes. en. 2019-07-02.
10. News: Mirazur, in France, Tops World's 50 Best Restaurants List. Fabricant. Florence. 2019-06-25. The New York Times. 2019-07-02. en-US. 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Mauro Colagreco: "I like to think of myself as a gardener in a chef's jacket" . 6 June 2023 . UNESCO.
12. Web site: MIRAZUR. mirazur.fr.
13. Web site: AZUR. shangri-la.com.
14. Web site: Grill 58°. mgm.mo.
15. Web site: Le Siècle. relaischateaux.com.
16. Web site: Grandcoeur. grandcoeur.paris.
17. Web site: BFire. hotelsbarriere.com.
18. Web site: Le Majestic Bfire. hotelsbarriere.com.
19. Web site: Carne. carnehamburguesas.com.
20. News: Carne, la hamburguesería de Colagreco, también está de festejo . La Nacion . 26 June 2019 . 3 May 2020. Vallejos . Soledad .
21. https://www.cotebkk.com/
22. Web site: CYCLE . 2024-05-22 . CYCLE . en.
23. Web site: Mauro Colagreco, la recette 100% iodée du nouveau 2 étoiles Michelin. nouvelobs.com. March 2012.
24. Web site: Mauro Colagreco décoré de la médaille du mérite. 18 March 2017.
25. Web site: RESTAURANT LE MIRAZUR. Les Grandes Tables du Monde. en-US. 2019-03-15.
26. Web site: Mirazur. The World's 50 Best Restaurants. 2019-03-14.
27. Web site: The world's 50 best restaurants. 2019-07-23. 2019-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20191002070825/https://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2019/1-10/Mirazur.html. dead.