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Jean-Michel Diot (Born May 2, 1959 in Cusset, France) is a French chef and restaurateur at Tapenade Restaurant. Chef Diot has received high recognition such as Best Chef in America and America’s Finest Restaurant while holding his first French bistro creation in America, Park Bistro, and has received recognition as the Exemplary Achievement in the Culinary Art by Gault Millau. While he was raised in France surrounded by culinary masters, Jean Michel began his official career in Vienne (France) in 1975 moving to New York in 1987. He has owned and operated several restaurants located in New York ranging from New York Times 3-star rated “Park Bistro” to a tribute to Paris with highly acclaimed New York Times 2 star “Les Halles” as per House and Garden, Diot became New York’s “Baron of Bistros”. Once in San Diego, he continued his career and opened Tapenade Restaurant in 1998. Tapenade Restaurant has received multiple awards such as best French Restaurant in San Diego in various publications such San Diego Magazine, San Diego Home & Garden, La Jolla Light, and one of the highest recognitions in San Diego by the Zagat Survey. ==Early culinary background== In 1978, Jean-Michel Diot began a two-year apprenticeship in Lyon at the Restaurant Magnard while still in school. He received his diploma in classical cooking. Jean-Michel continued his culinary career through travelling across France and adopted different regional cooking styles. For over a year, he worked at La Pyramide, a 3-star Michelin restaurant led by Fernand Point. While at La Pyramide, Diot served as the Commis de Cuisine. He continued his tour to “Jacqueline Fenix Restaurant” in Neuilly, followed by a year at Les Prés d'Eugenie, where under Chef Michel Guérard, known as “the father of Nouvelle Cuisine,” he experienced the complexity of Guérard’s cooking philosophy. In 1983, Jean-Michel Diot took a Sous-Chef position at Jacques Chibois‘s "Le Royal Gray" in Cannes, a 2-star rated Michelin restaurant where he stayed four years and became Chef. He also took the position of Executive Chef at Le Chateau d'Esclimont near Paris, the Larochefoucault residence, a 16th-century jewel, 2 toques Gault Millau. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Michel Diot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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