PROFESSIONAL - Michelin star in Hong Kong since 2017 ; Wallpaper Design Awards ; Best new restaurant by Conde Nast Traveller ; Top 50 Monocle Restaurant Awards ; Best steakhouse by Timeout magazine ; Restaurant & Bar Design Awards ; Restaurateur of the Year.
PRIVATE - Knight of the order of star of Italy ; Officer of the Equatorial star of Gabon ; Goodwill Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco.
Biographyedit
Riccardo Giraudi grew up in the Principality of Monaco before studying at the European Business School of London where he obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1999.
Careeredit
In 2001, Riccardo Giraudi joined the family-owned company created by his father, Erminio Giraudi in the 1970's : Giraudi Group.[1] The group is one of the European leader in meat import / export (40% veal, 30% beef, 10% pork).
While becoming the European leader in the import of hormone free American Black Angus in 2005, Riccardo Giraudi introduced Australian beef[2][3] and became in 2014 the first importer of certified Japanese Kobe beef in Europe.[4][5][6][7]
A few months later, Riccardo Giraudi launched the Jamon de Buey de Kobe, a Japanese Kobe beef ham[8][9] with which he notably won the Wallpaper Design Award 2018, "Best Working Lunch" category.[10]
Since 2005, Riccardo Giraudi also develops "luxury casual" and "fast casual" hospitality concepts, in Monaco, Paris and abroad.[11][12][13][14]
Beefbar Paris is elected best steakhouse by Time Out.,[51] is ranked in the Top 50 of Monocle Restaurant Awards and won the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS, in the "Heritage Building" category[52]
Beefbar Paris won the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS in the "Hotel - Europe" category in 2023.
Other activitiesedit
Since 2007, Riccardo Giraudi is appointed Honorary Consul of Gabon in the Principality of Monaco.[53]
Referencesedit
^"Un pôle d'excellence à Monaco". www.monacoimprese.tm.mc/ (in French and Italian). 20 July 2011.
^"Les viandes rares excitent les appétits". www.lesechos.fr. 15 September 2017.
^"Riccardo Giraudi ses steaks et entrecôtes valent de l' or". www.capital.fr/ (in French). 23 March 2018.
^"Baron rouge" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com (in French). September 2017.
^"Giraudi, créateur de mode" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com. 18 December 2015.
^"Boeuf de Kobe : l'ultime snobisme" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com/ (in French). 9 October 2015.
^Vincent Jolly (27 September 2019). "Riccardo Giraudi, le samouraï de Kobe". www.lefigaro.fr/ (in French).
^Boris Coridian (23 August 2017). "Quoi de neuf côté cuisine ?". M le Monde (in French).
^"Riccardo Giraudi". Correspondance Magazine. 27 June 2017.