Michel Roth

Executive Chef  

Michel Roth has been Executive Chef at the Ritz since 2001.
He heads a brigade of 80 staff and has overall responsibility for the kitchens of not only gourmet restaurant L’Espadon but also of the Bar Vendôme, and room service as well as the private salons.

Over the years, he has gathered some of the profession's most coveted awards along the way: the Prix Taittinger in 1985 and then, in 1991, the supreme accolade of the Prix Bocuse d'Or and the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France in the same year.

A disciple of Guy Legay and Paul Bocuse, Michel Roth is the ninth Executive Chef the Ritz Paris has known in its one hundred and ten years of existence, in the direct line of Auguste Escoffier, the hotel's first Executive Chef and friend of César Ritz. 
 
Ever looking towards the future, Michel Roth has also become a model for younger generations of French chefs. In recognition of his services to French gastronomy and culture, Michel Roth was appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur on 14th July 2006.