In 1991 he started working in a restaurant for the first time, at the
Hotel Negresco in Nice, France. He moved to work under
Alain Ducasse at his
Le Louis XV restaurant in Monaco between 1993 and 1996. In 2000, it was awarded a
Michelin star. It was also awarded three
AA Rosettes, and won the
Time Out "Best Vegetarian Award" in both 2000 and 2001. Gauthier left Roussillon in 2010 to set up a new restaurant called
Gauthier Soho; Because of this, Roussillon lost its Michelin star and went on to go through two chefs before finally closing on 1 June 2012. After it closed, Gauthier stated to the industry press that he hoped to be able to buy back the location. A year after its opening, the new restaurant was also awarded a Michelin star. Gauthier doesn't believe in timers or pre-weighing food to determine cooking time. Instead, as demonstrated in his television appearances, he relies on touching food to determine whether or not it is cooked. Although he will create a vegetarian menu on request, his vegetable tasting menu at Gauthier Soho can include meat products such as a meat
au jus in the preparation of the vegetables. Gauthier became a vegan in 2016; he is now opposed to the "savagery" of meat, and "excited about a vegan future". He is transitioning his restaurants to be fully plant-based.
Television work He appeared with
Gregg Wallace and
Michel Roux Jr. as a judge on
BBC One's
MasterChef: The Professionals in October 2009. He later also appeared on the regular
MasterChef series, once more alongside Wallace, and also with
John Torode in March 2011 and March 2019. ==Personal life==