ANDRE PACHON – レストラン・パッション / RESTAURANT PACHON

ANDRE PACHON

ANDRE PACHON

Borned in Montpellier in 1944, practice cooking from his young age and worked in several restaurants in France. Later, he worked in Hotel Mont Gabriel (Canada) as a sous-chef, and travelled to Japan in 1970 to work as a chef for the Osaka World Exposition. He then became Ile de France chef, opened the restaurant Pachon in 1984, and opened several restaurants since then.

As a “Maître Cuisinier de France”, and pioneer of the French cuisine in Japan, his mission is to boast the culinary art of his country and expand the specialty of Languedoc like the “Cassoulet”. He is keen on offering real cuisine, good old-fashioned based French cuisine that is rooted in a tradition of generosity.

He received the National Order of Merit from the Republic of France, and the Order of Merit, the highest order of the Agricultural Achievement Award, when President Hollande of the Republic of France visited Japan in 2013.

In the same year he was awarded the highest order of the French Republic, the Legion of Honor.

Borned in Montpellier in 1944, practice cooking from his young age and worked in several restaurants in France. Later, he worked in Hotel Mont Gabriel (Canada) as a sous-chef, and travelled to Japan in 1970 to work as a chef for the Osaka World Exposition. He then became Ile de France chef, opened the restaurant Pachon in 1984, and opened several restaurants since then.

As a “Maître Cuisinier de France”, and pioneer of the French cuisine in Japan, his mission is to boast the culinary art of his country and expand the specialty of Languedoc like the “Cassoulet”. He is keen on offering real cuisine, good old-fashioned based French cuisine that is rooted in a tradition of generosity.

He received the National Order of Merit from the Republic of France, and the Order of Merit, the highest order of the Agricultural Achievement Award, when President Hollande of the Republic of France visited Japan in 2013.

In the same year he was awarded the highest order of the French Republic, the Legion of Honor.

PACHON FAMILY

All started when Andre travelled to Japan in 1970. His work and encounters like with his wife Miyoko changed his life.

André Pachon, who came to Japan alone, has now a large family with him.

His sons Patric and Thierry are both working with him to support and develop the restaurants.

His wife Miyoko is mainly in charge of accounting, and his daughter in law Kiyomi is in charge of weddings.

For more than 50 years, the Pachon Family has been the guardian of the French traditional cuisine in Japan.