{"id":1365,"date":"2020-03-15T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2020-03-15T22:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:10:06","slug":"michel-roux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/2020\/03\/michel-roux\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Roux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband David and I were so sorry to learn that Michel Roux had died this week. We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Alain and all the Roux family. We have read glowing tributes and wish to add ours too for when our paths crossed in 2002 on a visit to The Waterside Inn in Bray, Michel gave me an opportunity to produce some exclusive art for him to use in his restaurant business, his open willingness to help and support my works have left treasured memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"842\" height=\"972\" src=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1388\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1.jpg 842w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-260x300.jpg 260w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-768x887.jpg 768w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-128x148.jpg 128w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-27x31.jpg 27w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-33x38.jpg 33w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/myrea_michel_roux-1-186x215.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Myrea Pettit at lunch with Chef Patron Michel Roux at The Waterside Inn,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-0 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1396\" width=\"283\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-1024x744.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-768x558.jpg 768w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-1536x1115.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-2048x1487.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-148x107.jpg 148w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-31x23.jpg 31w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-38x28.jpg 38w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-1-1-4-296x215.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And so I did. Michel then asked me if I would be kind enough to draw some images, with food as the theme, and we met again when he asked me to lunch with him 5th September, and was able to present to him my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1393\" width=\"236\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-731x1024.jpg 731w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-768x1076.jpg 768w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-1462x2048.jpg 1462w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-106x148.jpg 106w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-22x31.jpg 22w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-27x38.jpg 27w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4-154x215.jpg 154w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsmail-2-1-4.jpg 1488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another fine eating experience this time cooked by his son Alain who follows in the family tradition, &#8216;just an amazing chef&#8217;, no wonder the coveted three star Michelin accolade has been awarded to The Waterside Inn for seventeen years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would recommend this experience to visitors to UK as the ultimate of fine hospitality. The lunch was superb as were the fine french wines, as you might expect as the guest of the Patron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was greatly honored and delighted when Michel showed appreciation of the images I had prepared for him. For me my Valentine visit had turned into a real fairy story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Michel Roux for your support and enthusiasm I greatly appreciate everything you have done for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myrea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" width=\"330\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4.jpg 418w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4-115x148.jpg 115w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4-24x31.jpg 24w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4-29x38.jpg 29w, http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michel-roux1-4-166x215.jpg 166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband David and I were so sorry to learn that Michel Roux had died this week. We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Alain and all the Roux family. We have read glowing tributes and wish to add &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/2020\/03\/michel-roux\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/myrea.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}