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Chef Alain Ducasse Given The Lifetime Achievement Award,
Part of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2013

April 15, 2013
- Alain Ducasse has pushed the boundaries of excellence in cooking and the dining experience throughout his 30-year career in gastronomy. The Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Diners Club International®, part of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2013, acknowledges not only Ducasse’s reputation for innovative French cuisine but also his indisputable influence over today’s generation of chefs and restaurateurs around the world.

Since being awarded three Michelin stars at the tender age of 33 for his 33-month old Le Louis XV at the Hôtel de Paris in Monaco, Ducasse has gone on to become one of the world’s most decorated chefs and the first to have been awarded three Michelin stars in three different cities. Since its inception, he has scored 14 positions on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, more than any other chef.

An international chef in every sense, his efforts to promote ‘glocal’ thinking - a global vision of what's going on globally but operating locally - sees each of Ducasse’s restaurants having a local sensibility with its own story.  “In each of my restaurants the chef is the conduit between nature and culture. The question of the wise use of the planet’s resources is essential to me,” Alain Ducasse explains.

Alain Ducasse Entreprise, the group founded by Alain Ducasse, comprises more than 20 restaurants around the world, three inns in Europe, an independent hotel association, a culinary publishing house, an international education division with a cooking school for all in Paris as well as a pastry school for professionals and amateurs alike and a culinary training centre for chefs.

Though not all of the chefs on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, which is sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, have worked directly for Ducasse, they all acknowledge his impact. From Noma’s Rene Redzepi, who grew up reading Ducasse’s cookbooks to Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana, who paid homage to his former mentor in a now signature dish - Compression of Pasta and Beans. For those affectionately referred to as “Génération Ducasse”, his influence is omnipotent. For Alain Ducasse the future of cuisine lies in diversity. “Each chef has his own specific emotional territory of expression, different from the others. It is this difference that makes the wealth of the ensemble.“ Last year for the 25th anniversary of the Le Louis XV in Monaco and probably the best illustration of how much Ducasse values cuisine’s multiple expressions today, he gathered together 240 chefs-among them more than 20 chefs featuring on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list- from 25 countries representing 5 continents and 300 Michelin stars. As French Academy chairperson for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Andrea Petrini, commented, “He is the crown prince of French gastronomy. No other individual could have brought such a breathtaking array of culinary talent together in one place.”

William Drew, Editor of Restaurant magazine, organisers of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, said:

"We are delighted that this prestigious accolade is going to one of the greatest chefs in France, and indeed the world. The Lifetime Achievement Award is voted for by industry experts from across the globe - chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and critics and well-travelled gourmets - and as such this is an acknowledgement from the restaurant world itself of Chef Ducasse's achievements and positive influence.”

Alain Ducasse accepted the award with humility by paying credit to his forebears:

“My first thought goes to Paul Bocuse, this award’s very first recipient. Through him, I also think of the generations of chefs who have preceded me and to whom I feel the heir and successor.  At the same time, I still feel like a young man and remain much more interested by the work to be done than by that already accomplished.”

Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Diners Club International®
This prestigious award is voted for by the 936 strong international voting panel who comprise the The Diners Club® World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. Past winners include Thomas Keller, Juan Mari Arzak, Joël Robuchon, Gualtiero Marchesi, Paul Bocuse, Albert and Michel Roux, Eckart Witzigmann and Alice Waters.

Restaurant magazine is the UK’s leading publication for restaurateurs and chefs, and has been publishing The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list since 2002 and hosting the Awards since 2003. Restaurant magazine is solely responsible for organising the awards, collating the votes and producing the list.

About Diners Club International®
Diners Club International® is the Official Financial Services Sponsor of The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards and presenter of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in 1950, Diners Club International® became the first multi-purpose charge card in the world and today is a globally recognized brand serving the payment needs of select and affluent consumers. Diners Club is not just a company -- it's a club that recognizes and honors the unending life journey of its club members.

S.Pellegrino and Aqua Panna are main sponsors of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards.

For further information on S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna please contact:

Sanpellegrino Spa
Antonella Stefanelli - Ph. +39.02.31972796 [email protected]
or Ketchum
Annalisa Leuce - Ph. +39.02.62411942         [email protected]
Paola Chiasserini – Ph. +39.02.62411948     [email protected]

Sponsors:

Acqua Panna & S.Pellegrino – The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards main sponsor & Continental Awards sponsor
Birra Moretti – Official beer supplier
Cacao Barry – ‘One To Watch’ sponsor and official chocolate supplier
Farm Africa - Official Charity Partner
Diners Club International® – ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ and Academy sponsor
Gaggenau – ‘Highest New Climber Award’ sponsor and official domestic appliances supplier
Lavazza – Official coffee supplier
Les Concierges – ‘The Highest New Entry Award’ sponsor and official concierge services supplier
Silestone – ‘Chefs’ Choice Award’ sponsor and official quartz work surface supplier
Veuve Clicquot – ‘World’s Best Female Chef’ sponsor and official Champagne supplier
Zacapa – ‘Sustainable Restaurant Award’ sponsor and official spirits supplier

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Contact:

Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Diners Club International®
Sarah Canet
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 207 610 9821 / +44 7780 911630

Diners Club International®
Jessica Douglas at Burson-Marsteller
Email: [email protected]

World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards:
Contact Jo, Harriet, Lucy or Claire at Speed Communications
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The Inside Story on How InterContinental Hong Kong Managing Director Jennifer Fox Teamed Up with Michelin Chef Alain Ducasse to Create a New Benchmark for Hotel Restaurants in Asia / Steve Shellum, HOTEL Asia Pacific / October 2003
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