Riccardo Giraudi

Riccardo Giraudi
Born	(1975-11-14) 14 November 1975 (age 49) Genoa
Nationality	Italian, English
Education	European Business School, London
Occupation(s)	Meat import/export, hospitality, consultant
Title	CEO of Giraudi Group
Awards	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.

Riccardo Giraudi (born 14 November 1975 in Genoa) is the CEO of Giraudi Group.

Biography

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.

Career

In 2001, Riccardo Giraudi joined the family-owned company created by his father, Erminio Giraudi in the 1970s : 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]

Restaurants

Europe

• Beefbar, Monaco[15]
• Beefbar Butcher Shop, Monaco[16]
• Song Qi, Monaco[17][18]
• Zeffirino 1939, Monaco [19]
• Izakaya, Monaco[20]
• Moshi Moshi, Monaco[21]
• Cantinetta Antinori, Monaco[22]
• Cantinetta Antinori, London [23]
• Grubers Burgers, Monaco[24]
• Pizz'Aria, Fréjus [25]
• Babek Kebab, Monaco [26]
• Delovery, delivery service, Monaco
• Beefbar, Paris[27][28][29]
• Anahi, with a menu created by Mauro Colagreco, Paris[30][31]
• Beefbar on the Coast, Mykonos[32][33]
• Beefbar Lou Pinet, Saint Tropez [34]
• Beefbar on the Beach, Malta[35][36]
• Beefbar in the City, Malta
• Beefbar, Santorini [37]
• Beefbar Le Coucou, Meribel[38]
• Beefbar Astir Palace, Athens[39]
• Beefbar Cala di Volpe, Porto Cervo[40]
• Beefbar, Milano [41]
• Beefbar, Luxembourg
• Le Petit Beefbar, London[42]
• Le Petit Beefbar, Edinburgh [43]
• Le Petit Beefbar, Paris [44]
• Le Petit Beefbar, Nice
• Le Petit Beefbar, Strasbourg [45]
• African Queen, Beaulieu-sur Mer in collaboration with Patrick Gioannini and Philippe Schriqui [46]
• Zeffirino 1939, Paris [47]
• Rumore, Milan

America

• Beefbar Esencia, Riviera Maya
• Beefbar Jardim, São Paulo with Felipe Massa[48]
• Beefbar, New York [49]
• Beefbar, St Barth in the Barrière Hotel [50]
• Song Qi, São Paulo [51]

Middle East & Africa

• Beefbar, Dubai [52]
• Le Petit Beefbar, Dubai
• Beefbar, Riyadh
• Beefbar, Doha
• Beefbar Asia, Doha
• Beefbar, North Coast

Asia

• Beefbar Central, Hong Kong[53]

Awards

Since 2017, Beefbar Hong Kong is Michelin starred in the "Hong Kong & Macau Michelin Guide" "Guide Michelin Hong Kong & Macau".[54][55]

Beefbar Paris is elected best steakhouse by Time Out.,[56] is ranked in the Top 50 of Monocle Restaurant Awards and won the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS, in the "Heritage Building" category[57]

Beefbar Milan won the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS in the "Hotel - Europe" category in 2023.

Other activities

Since 2007, Riccardo Giraudi is appointed Honorary Consul of Gabon in the Principality of Monaco.[58]

References

1. "Un pôle d'excellence à Monaco". www.monacoimprese.tm.mc/ (in French and Italian). 20 July 2011.
2. "Les viandes rares excitent les appétits". www.lesechos.fr. 15 September 2017.
3. "Riccardo Giraudi ses steaks et entrecôtes valent de l' or". www.capital.fr/ (in French). 23 March 2018.
4. "Baron rouge" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com (in French). September 2017.
5. "Giraudi, créateur de mode" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com. 18 December 2015.
6. "Boeuf de Kobe : l'ultime snobisme" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com/ (in French). 9 October 2015.
7. Vincent Jolly (27 September 2019). "Riccardo Giraudi, le samouraï de Kobe". www.lefigaro.fr/ (in French).
8. Boris Coridian (23 August 2017). "Quoi de neuf côté cuisine ?". M le Monde (in French).
9. "Riccardo Giraudi". Correspondance Magazine. 27 June 2017.
10. "Best working lunch". Wallpaper. January 2018.
11. "JT lundi 12 juin 2017". www.monacochannel.mc (in French). 12 June 2017.
12. Lomig Guillo (23 March 2018). "Riccardo Giraudi : ses steaks et entrecôtes valent de l'or". www.capital.fr (in French).
13. "Riccardo Giraudi créatif food" (PDF). riccardogiraudi.com. September 2015.
14. "Riccardo Giraudi, un homme de goût". www.lofficiel.com. 1 December 2020.
15. "About Beefbar Monaco". www.riccardogiraudi.com.
16. "The Beefbar Butcher Shop". thecoolhunter.net. 26 July 2016.
17. "Song Qi". www.monaco-tribune.com.
18. "Song Qi - Monte Carlo". www.wallpaper.com. 24 September 2014.
19. "Zeffirino importe le pesto génois en Principauté". Monaco Matin.
20. "Izakaya Cozza". urbanologie.com.
21. "Moshi Moshi, un bar à sushis revisités". www.visitmonaco.com/fr (in French). 11 August 2016.
22. "Riccardo Giraudi ouvre son nouveau restaurant". www.visitmonaco.com/fr (in French). 17 January 2018.
23. "Hot Dinners". Cantinetta Antinori comes to London with Florentine T-bones and fine wines. 31 March 2023.
24. "About Grubers". www.riccardogiraudi.com/.
25. "La nouvelle pizzeria de Fréjus". Var Actu.
26. "Bon plan à Monaco : un "prestigieux" kebab débarque en ville, avec d'autres surprises". 22 March 2023.
27. "Beefbar, le restaurant dont tout le monde va parler". www.admagazine.fr (in French).
28. "Au Beefbar, Humbert & Poyet dépoussièrent le style Art nouveau". ideat.thegoodhub.com (in French). 1 February 2019.
29. "Beefbar, le nouveau restaurant pour les mordus de viande à Paris". www.vogue.fr. 14 November 2018.
30. "Le chef triplement étoilé Mauro Colagreco à la tête d'un restaurant à Paris". www.admagazine.fr (in French). 26 October 2021.
31. "LE RESTAURANT ANAHI ACCUEILLE MAURO COLAGRECO, CHEF DU MEILLEUR RESTAURANT DU MONDE". www.sortiraparis.com (in French). 16 November 2021.
32. "Mykonos cet été". www.gqmagazine.fr (in French). 28 July 2021.
33. "Les plus belles adresses de Mykonos". www.vanityfair.fr/ (in French). 14 June 2021.
34. "Les meilleures adresses de Saint Tropez". www.gqmagazine.fr (in French). 28 July 2021.
35. "From Monte Carlo To St Paul's Bay: This Exclusive Meat Bar Has Made It To Malta This Summer". lovinmalta.com. 28 June 2019.
36. "Malta holidays destination guide: where to go, stay and eat". www.standard.co.uk. 19 July 2021.
37. "Beefbar Santorini: A Gastronomic Haven of Cosmopolitan Flavors Has Arrived". The Hotel Trotter.
38. "Se ressourcer en montagne". www.forbes.fr/ (in French). 30 October 2021.
39. "Les restaurants d'éco de l'été". www.elle.fr (in French). 7 August 2021.
40. "Un prochain Beefbar dans un hôtel signé Jacques Couëlle". www.admagazine.fr (in French). 30 November 2020.
41. "Humbert & Poyet Inject Mid-Century Glamour into a Baroque Edifice for Beefbar's Milan Outpost". 21 March 2023.
42. "Global steakhouse Beefbar to open in Chelsea". www.bighospitality.co.uk. 5 October 2021.
43. "Le Petit Beefbar, Edinburgh, review - high-end international restaurant chain comes to five-star George Street hotel". The Scotsman.
44. "Le Petit Beefbar, le bistrot qui réveille le Triangle d'Or". L'Officiel France.
45. "Le restaurant du Pont des Vosges va devenir Le Petit Beefbar". DNA.
46. "Nouveau chapitre pour l'African Queen". L'Officiel France.
47. "Zeffirino, les meilleurs pâtes au pesto de Paris". Do It in Paris.
48. "Pilotado por Felipe Massa, Beefbar finalmente abre as portas em São Paulo". guia.folha.uol.com.br. 23 September 2020.
49. "In the Former Nobu Space, Beefbar Lives Up to Its Name". The New York Times.
50. "L'Hôtel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf Saint-Barth accueillera le premier restaurant Beefbar du Groupe". L'hôtellerie Restauration.
51. "Felipe Massa traz restaurante chinês sucesso de Mônaco para São Paulo". Forbes.
52. "The best steakhouses in Dubai". Fact Magazines.
53. "Hong Kong's best new restaurants for 2016". edition.cnn.com. 11 January 2016.
54. "Guide Michelin". guide.michelin.com/hk/en/hong-kong-macau.
55. "The Michelin Guide Announces All The Michelin-Starred Restaurants In Hong Kong And Macau For 2020". hk.asiatatler.com. 17 December 2019.
56. "Les meilleurs restaurants de viande à Paris". www.timeout.fr (in French). 25 March 2019.
57. "Winners 2019". restaurantandbardesignawards.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
58. "Action Gouvernementale". gouv.mc (in French).

External links

• Riccardo Giraudi
• Giraudi Group
• Giraudi Meats