Pierre Gagnaire is one of the enduring icons of French gastronomy and after 40 years still one of France’s most imaginative and well respected chefs. Gagnaire, began his cooking career at the age of fourteen, studying under Paul Bocuse in Lyon, and Alain Senderens in Paris, before assuming the role of chef at his family’s restaurant, Le Clos Fleury in St. Etienne. Today, Gagnaire oversees a portfolio of restaurants that bear his name with locations in Tokyo, Dubai, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Las Vegas. We sit down for an interview with Chef Gagnaire at his flagship restaurant in Paris at the Hotel Balzac off the Champs Elysee.