Gabriel Gaté
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Gabriel Gaté is a French chef
living in Australia
. He has appeared on a number of Australian television shows and in 2000, Gaté received the La Croix de Chevalier dans L’Ordre du Merite Agricole.
in 1955 in a small village where the family grew their own vegetables and made their own wine. His grandmother taught him to cook. Later he served his chef's apprenticeship under Master Chef, Albert Augereau, at the "Jeanne de Laval" restaurant in western France. Then he worked in Paris
at the renowned fish restaurant, Prunier, at the Berkeley Hotel in London
and under Alain Senderens at L'Archestrate, a three-star restaurant in Paris.
He met his Australian wife Angie when she was studying French at the Sorbonne
and the couple moved to Australia to live in 1977.
The three following cookbooks - Favourite Fast Recipes, Television Recipes and Great Cakes and Desserts - have brought his sales over 700,000.
In 1988 he hosted the CSIRO produced cooking series "The Good Food Show" which screened on the ABC
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Gaté also appears in the Australian coverage of the Tour de France, hosting the "Taste Le Tour" segment which presents cuisine from the area of France that hosts each stage of the tour.
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
living in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He has appeared on a number of Australian television shows and in 2000, Gaté received the La Croix de Chevalier dans L’Ordre du Merite Agricole.
Early life
Gabriel was born in the Loire Valley in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1955 in a small village where the family grew their own vegetables and made their own wine. His grandmother taught him to cook. Later he served his chef's apprenticeship under Master Chef, Albert Augereau, at the "Jeanne de Laval" restaurant in western France. Then he worked in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at the renowned fish restaurant, Prunier, at the Berkeley Hotel in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and under Alain Senderens at L'Archestrate, a three-star restaurant in Paris.
He met his Australian wife Angie when she was studying French at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
and the couple moved to Australia to live in 1977.
Cookbooks
Gabriel has authored 18 cookbooks, all have been national best sellers; several have won international awards and he has total sales of over 1,000,000 copies. His first book was French Cuisine for Australians. His second, Family Food, was published by Anne O'Donovan in association with the Anti-Cancer Council, as were his next two books, Smart Food and Good Food Fast. The three books have together sold 500,000 copies.The three following cookbooks - Favourite Fast Recipes, Television Recipes and Great Cakes and Desserts - have brought his sales over 700,000.
Life in Australia
He has established himself as a popular chef in Melbourne, appearing on the TV show 9am with David & Kim as a guest chef, & Sydney with "Fresh" on the Nine Network and having a poem dedicated to his recipes by 3AW host Neil Mitchell. He did ads for Coon Cheese, French Croissants & French people wishing to visit Australia by 2004 (the year more TV appearances were to be announced).In 1988 he hosted the CSIRO produced cooking series "The Good Food Show" which screened on the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
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Gaté also appears in the Australian coverage of the Tour de France, hosting the "Taste Le Tour" segment which presents cuisine from the area of France that hosts each stage of the tour.