Hrishikesh Shridar Desai, known as Richi, is currently cooking at The French Laundry in Yountville, California, America's most prestigious restaurant. Born in Pune, India, he is the first of his family to become a chef and his usual job is in the brasserie at Lucknam Park hotel near Bath, Wiltshire.
César Troisgros is one of the 20 other chefs in this quietly humming kitchen. Born in Roanne, France, he is the latest scion of this renowned cooking family. His great grandfather and grandfather cooked at the three-Michelin-starred Maison Troisgros now run by his father. Richi, 30, ordered soupe à l'oignon and gigot d'agneau to remind him of Lyons, where he had studied at the Paul Bocuse Institute for chefs. Troisgros, 24, who had also studied there, chose a goats' cheese salad followed by mussels with frites.
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