Mathieu PACAUD

Chef : 4 restaurants Although he carries a name steeped in respect and experience, Mathieu Pacaud has forged a reputation for himself. His five Parisian restaurants are proof of this.

Presentation

As a teenager, Mathieu Pacaud began his career at L'Ambroisie, in the kitchens of his father, Bernard Pacaud. This constant immersion led him to the Jamin restaurant, then to the Plaza Athénée. at the age of 22, he left for Lebanon to manage establishments in Beirut, then returned to Paris to join the brigade at l'Ambroisie. He rose through the ranks to become Chef at the age of 28.

Setting out on his own

In 2015, he embarked on the adventure ofHexagone and then Histoires, two distinct concepts brought together in a single location on Avenue Kléber in Paris. The following year, he breathed new life into the famous Divellec restaurant, a Parisian institution specializing in seafood. He then teamed up with the Society group to take over Apicius, near the Champs-Elysées, opening Riviera within the restaurant; and more recently, reviving Laurent, a former Louis XV hunting lodge nestled in Carré Marigny.

The chef also created the menu for the Table de la Ferme at the heart of the Murtoli estate in Corsica, and for Restaurant Anne in the Pavillon de la Reine on the Place des Vosges in Paris. He and his father were also due to open a second Ambroisie in Macau, but the Hotel Louis XIII, aka The 13, which was to house it, was put up for sale this year after bankruptcy.

Not just a chef

When he's not in the kitchen, Mathieu Pacaud indulges another of his passions: music, particularly the piano. The chef is also the author of an 816-page cookbook (ed. Glénat). If you'd like to try your hand at one of the 350 recipes in the book, head for rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the 8th arrondissement. Here you'll find Maison Mathieu Pacaud, a bakery, patisserie, caterer and delicatessen all in one.

Biography & Awards

1981 born in Paris, in the 13th arrondissement

2003 joins the family restaurant l'Ambroisie, in Paris 4, alongside his father

2015 creation of its first restaurants, Hexagone et Histoires, in Paris 16

2016 Takes over Divellec restaurant, Paris 7

2018 chef at the Apicius restaurant in Paris 8 (and at the Riviera)

2023 Chef at Restaurant Laurent, Paris 8