Gabriel Gaté
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Gabriel Gaté | |
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Gabriel Gaté (born 1955 in Loire Valley) is a French chef living in Australia.[1] He has appeared on a number of Australian television shows and in 2000, Gaté received the La Croix de Chevalier dans L’Ordre du Merite Agricole.[2]
Early life
Gabriel was born in the Loire Valley in France in 1955 in a small village where the family grew their own vegetables and made their own wine. His grandmother taught him to cook. Later he served his chef's apprenticeship under Master Chef, Albert Augereau, at the "Jeanne de Laval" restaurant in western France. Then he worked in Paris at the renowned fish restaurant, Prunier, at the Berkeley Hotel in London and under Alain Senderens at L'Archestrate, a three-star restaurant in Paris.[2]
He met his Australian wife Angie when she was studying French at the Sorbonne and the couple moved to Australia to live in 1977.
Cookbooks
Gabriel has authored 18 cookbooks, all have been national best sellers; several have won international awards and he has total sales of over 1,000,000 copies. His first book was French Cuisine for Australians. His second, Family Food, was published by Anne O'Donovan in association with the Anti-Cancer Council, as were his next two books, Smart Food and Good Food Fast. The three books have together sold 500,000 copies.[2]
The three following cookbooks - Favourite Fast Recipes, Television Recipes and Great Cakes and Desserts - have brought his sales over 700,000.[2]
Life in Australia
Gabriel has established himself as a popular chef in Melbourne, appearing on the TV show 9am with David & Kim as a guest chef, & Sydney with "Fresh" on the Nine Network and having a poem dedicated to his recipes by 3AW host Neil Mitchell. He did ads for Coon Cheese, French Croissants & French people wishing to visit Australia by 2004 (the year more TV appearances were to be announced).
In 1988 he hosted the CSIRO produced cooking series "The Good Food Show" which screened on the ABC.
Gaté also appears in the Australian coverage of the Tour de France, hosting the "Taste Le Tour" segment which presents cuisine from the area of France that hosts each stage of the tour.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Gabriel Gate - Full Biography". ICMI Speakers & Entertainers. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d Speaker Gabriel Gate Full Biography - Speakers Bureau @ ICMI
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