Emily & Giselle Roux

Emily & Giselle Roux

Giselle Roux was born and raised in the Ardèche in southern France.  She has worked in the restaurant business for many years and now works alongside her husband, Michel Roux Jr, as the secretary at Le Gavroche restaurant in London.

Emily Roux is the daughter of Michel and Giselle Roux.  She trained as a chef at the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, before moving to Paris to work at the Michelin-starred restaurant Akrame.  She is now back in London, where she has recently opened her own restaurant, Caractère, together with her husband.

Giselle and Emily published their cookbook, New French Table, with Mitchell Beazley in 2017.

Photo credit © Helen Cathcart