- Gabriel Gaté
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name = Gabriel Gaté
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birthdate = 1955
birthplace =Loire Valley
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television = "Fun in the Kitchen", "The Good Food Show", "What's Cooking"
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website =Gabriel Gaté (born 1955 in
Loire Valley ) is a Frenchchef living in Australia. [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Gabriel Gate - Full Biography | work = | publisher = ICMI Speakers & Entertainers | date = | url = http://www.icmi.com.au/Speaker/Chef/Gabriel_Gate/Biography | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-23] .Early life
Gabriel was born in the Loire Valley in France in 1955 in a small village where the family grew their own vegetables and made their own wine. His grandmother taught him to cook. Later he served his chef's apprenticeship under Master Chef, Albert Augereau, at the "Jeanne de Laval" restaurant in western France. Then he worked in
Paris at the renowned fish restaurant, Prunier, at the Berkeley Hotel inLondon and under Alain Senderens at L'Archestrate, a five-star restaurant in Paris. [http://www.icmi.com.au/Speaker/Chef/Gabriel_Gate/Biography Speaker Gabriel Gate Full Biography - Speakers Bureau @ ICMI ] ]He met his Australian wife Angie when she was studying French at the
Sorbonne and the couple moved to Australia to live in 1977.Cookbooks
Gabriel has authored 18 cookbooks, all have been national best sellers, several have won international awards and he has total sales of over 1,000,000 copies. His first book was "French Cuisine for Australians", his second, "Family Food", was published by Anne O'Donovan in association with the Anti-Cancer Council and sold over 150,000 copies. Along with his next two books published with the Anti-Cancer Council, "Smart Food" and "Good Food Fast", have together sold 500,000 copies.
The three following cookbooks - "Favourite Fast Recipes", "Television Recipes" and "Great Cakes and Desserts" which have brought his sales over 700,000.
Australia
He has established himself as a popular chef in Melbourne, appearing on the TV show 9am with David & Kim as a guest chef, & Sydney with "Fresh" on the Nine Network and having a poem dedicated to his recipes by 3AW host Neil Mitchell. He did ads for Coon Cheese, French Croissants & French people wishing to visit Australia by 2004 (the year more TV appearances were to be announced).
Gaté also appears in the Australian coverage of the Tour de France, hosting the "Taste Le Tour" segment which presents cuisine from the area of France that hosts each stage of the tour.
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External links
* [http://www.gabrielgate.com/ Official Site]
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