Chef Alain Braux Bio – Long Version
May 2, 2014
CHEF ALAIN BRAUX BIO – LONG VERSION
Chef Alain Braux Professional Background
Chef Alain Braux is an award-winning chef (two gold and three silver medals) and award-winning food and health author. Chef Braux has worked in the food industry for more than 40 years. He is a Certified Executive Pastry Chef with the American Culinary Federation and a Certified Master Baker with the Retail Bakers of America. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition and is also a Macrobiotic Counselor.
Chef Braux currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he is an executive chef and culinary nutritionist teacher at the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts in Austin, TX. He also runs his own health food consulting private practice at A Votre Santé – To Your Health.
Chef Braux started his training in France at Confiserie Pâtisserie Auer in Nice, France. He then decided to improve his skills at some of the highest-rated hotels, restaurants and pastry shops of Europe. He refined his trade at Grand Hôtel du Cap d’Antibes near Cannes, France; the Moulin de Mougins inMougins, France; the famous Lenôtre in Paris, France, and Pâtisserie Wittamer in Brussels, Belgium.
While in Paris, he was offered his first U.S. job at Dumas Pastry Shop in New York, New York. He then held the Executive Pastry Chef position in various companies such as Délices la Côte Basque in New York, New York; Lenôtre Paris Inc. in Houston, Texas; The French Hearth Bakery and Café in Sarasota, Florida, and Texas French Bread in Austin, Texas.
In 1988, Chef Braux opened his own business, Amandine French Bakery and Café, in Austin, Texas. Amandine Bakery was written about in numerous publications including the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American Statesman andthe Austin Chronicle, and won a few “Best of Austin” awards over its 10-year lifetime. Please check Google to see copies of these articles.
After closing Amandine, Chef Braux found a new home at the Barr Mansion for his elegant cakes and fine pastries. Chef Braux then became the Pastry and Baking instructor for the Culinary Academy of Austin. Currently, Chef Braux is the Executive Chef and Nutrition Therapist at People’s Pharmacy in Austin, Texas.
Chef Braux is also an award-winning health food author
He wrote his first book, How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food, in 2009. This book won:
– Cookbook Award at the 2010 Paris Book Festival
– Finalist at the 2010 Indie Excellence Book Award
– Honorable Mention at the 2010 New York Book Festival and the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival.
His second book, Living Gluten and Dairy-free with French Gourmet Food, in 2010, has won:
– Winner – Health: Diet & Weight Loss category of the 2013 International Book Awards
– Winner – Best Cookbook Award at the 2011 Paris Book Festival;
– Winner – Nutrition Category at the 2011 Indie Excellence Book Award
– Honorable Mention at the 2011 New York Book Festival
Chef Braux’s third book, Healthy French Cuisine for Less Than $10/Day was published in October 2011. It has won:
– Winner – Best Cookbook at the 2012 Paris Book Festival
In 2013, Chef Braux’s wrote his best seller book: Paleo French Cuisine offers a practical explanation of the Paleo diet from a French point of view. His book contains 130 delicious Paleo recipes with a French flair.
– Winner – Best Cookbook at the 2013 Paris Book Festival
– Winner – Best Cookbook – Health at the 2013 Indie Excellence Book Awards
– Finalist – Cookbook – International at the 2013 International Book Awards
His latest book, GMO 101 was published September 2014 and is off to a good start.
In November 2014, Chef Braux published the first Spanish translation of his Healthy French Cuisine book, Cocina Francesa Saludable Por Menos de $10 dólares por día.
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