Michel Roux Jr to close doors of Le Gavroche for final time after 56 years

Michelin-starred chef announces ‘Le Gavroche residencies at sea’ on two Cunard lines but says iconic restaurant will shut on 13 January

On Saturday night Michel Roux Jr will close the doors on Le Gavroche, his two Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair, for the final time 56 years after his father and uncle, the Roux brothers, opened it in 1967.

Roux, 63, said he was closing the restaurant – which helped a host of celebrity chefs launch their careers including Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Marcus Wareing – to try to “make time for a better work/life balance, so I can spend more time with my family and on my other business ventures”.