PORTRAIT – He has already had all the honors. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world and has accumulated stars. And, today, the kid from Bourgoin-Jallieu is entering the Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 72. Way to give gastronomy its letters of nobility.
Like a stab in the lower back. A form of astonishment which results in violent, throbbing pain. When, this November 23, 2024, Guy Savoy learns that he is entering the Academy of Fine Arts, he displays a smile on the face, but inside, it is a storm when, after having felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, he picks up and hears Jean-Michel Wilmotte announce to him very quietly: “Tu viens d’être élu”HAS”. Elected in the first round and by an absolute majority to the Academy of Fine Arts. And above all, the first chef to be admitted to this venerable institution.
Once this pain in the back has dissipated after about twenty minutes, the most surprising thing is what happens immediately, in the 48 hours that follow. Like in a movie, all the obstacles that stood in front of him when he decided to become a cook reappear “Be transparent”. All these people who tried to discourage him. “By contempt, much by…
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