Martin Picard
Martin Picard | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 20, 1966 Repentigny, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Canadian, Québécois |
Current restaurant | |
Martin Picard (born November 20, 1966) is a Canadian chef, author and television personality.
Picard is the author of Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack, including 100 recipes including maple tree products. He has hosted the Food Network (Canada) show "The Wild Chef".
He appeared on Anthony Bourdain's show No Reservations during the "Quebec" episode that aired April 17, 2006. He took Bourdain to a duck farm and then served him several foie gras dishes at Picard's restaurant Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal, Quebec. Bourdain would later write that Picard was a "madman-genius" whose guiding principle was "too much is not enough".[1] Time (magazine) referred to his restaurant as a "bastion of excess beloved by Anthony Bourdain and other gastronomes."[2]
Picard opened a sugar shack at St Benoit de Mirabel in 2009.[2] His dishes include maple pig's head and a lobster pie with layers of creme brulee and almond cream.[2]
References
- ↑ Bourdain, Anthony (2007). No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach. New York: Bloomsbury USA. pp. 202, 269. ISBN 978-1-59691-447-6.
- 1 2 3 Hillary Brenhouse (March 19, 2012). "Sugar Rush". Time. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2013.