Chosen by the Roux Brothers in 1967 as the name of their first and most famous restaurant Le Gavroche, still stands as the symbol of their success, the gamin's bedraggled wide eyed state contraindicating the promise of excellent cuisine and unparalleled service that marks each of Les Roux's hugely successful ventures.

".. Native of Normandy, she has stilled in us the taste for real cuisine; simple, hearty, accented with the earth of our beautiful France. One approaches good eating and this is what we have done since childhood under the guidance of our Mother 'it is a life of happiness that awaits one' in doing so.

This filial dedication is recognition of a mother's role in inspiring in her sons a fundamental appreciation of le gout, of 'real' food that owes much of its goodness to the source of its nurturing. From this early education evolved an appreciation of Classic French cooking; the grand haute cuisine style which brothers Michel and Albert Roux would develop into the art of which they have become acknowledged masters, and teachers in themselves.

World's away from their picturesque village in France's Saone et Loire district, the Roux have taken with them the heart and soul of their birthplace to the smart streets of London, where they arrived as culinary missionaries and today reign as gastronomic deities.