Riccardo Giraudi

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

Riccardo Giraudi
Born (1975-11-14) November 14, 1975
Genoa
NationalityItalian, English
EducationEuropean Business School, London
OccupationMeat import/export, hospitality, consultant
TitleCEO of Giraudi Group
AwardsPROFESSIONAL - 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.

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[1] · .[2]

Career

Beginning

In 2001, Riccardo Giraudi joined the family-owned company created by his father Erminio Giraudi in the 1970’s : Giraudi Group.[3] The group is one of the European leader in meat import / export (40% veal, 30% beef, 10% pork).

Supervised by Riccardo Giraudi, the company turned to new businesses such as hospitality & exclusive meats.[4][5]

The meat industry

While becoming leader in the import of hormone-free American Black Angus beef in Europe in 2005, Riccardo Giraudi introduced a new offer by integrating Australian beef.[6][7] In 2014, he became the first official importer of certified Japanese Kobe beef in Europe.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

A few months later, Riccardo Giraudi launched the Jamon de Buey de Kobe, a Japanese Kobe beef ham.

Hospitality concepts

In 2005, Riccardo Giraudi started to develop restaurant concepts in Monaco.[14][15]

  • Beefbar [16]
  • Song Qi [17][18]
  • Moshi Moshi [19][20]
  • La Salière
  • Mozza [21]
  • Grubers, elected best burger in Monaco by L'Observateur de Monaco [22][23]
  • Indochine [24]
  • Cantinetta Antinori [25]
  • Naçionalista, elected best cocktail in Monaco by L'Observateur de Monaco [26][27]
  • Itagliani

Hospitality concepts in France and around the world

Concepts, like Beefbar, Grubers and Beeftro, are also developed abroad.[28]

Beefbar is open in :

Grubers is open in Hong Kong and Luxembourg, and Beeftro in Luxembourg.

Riccardo Giraudi got his first Michelin star thanks to Beefbar in Hong Kong in 2017.[43][44]

In May 2017, he became the new owner of the restaurant Anahi, in Paris.[45][46] The restaurant is in the top 3 of Conde Nast's best restaurants in the world.[47]

Consulting

Following the success in creating concepts of his own, Riccardo Giraudi decided to branch out and open a consulting division who develops F&B outlets for the most prestigious hotel groups of the world.[48]

Other activities

Since 2007, Riccardo Giraudi is appointed Honorary Consul of Gabon in the Principality of Monaco.[49]

Awards & honors

Professional

Since 2017, Beefbar Hong Kong is Michelin Starred in the "Hong Kong & Macau Michelin Guide".[50]

Riccardo Giraudi's Jamon de Buey de Kobe received the Wallpaper* Design Award 2018 for best working lunch.[51]

Beefbar Paris is ranked in the Top 50 Monocle restaurant awards and elected best Steakhouse by Timeout magazine.[52] It also won the RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN AWARDS in the category "Heritage Building".[53]

Private

Riccardo Giraudi received the medal of the Order of the Equatorial Star of the Republic of Gabon and became Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.[54]

Riccardo Giraudi was named "Goodwill Ambassador"of the Principality of Monaco.[55]

Notes and references
  1. "Giraudi Group : la créativité au service de la qualité" (in French). April 2014.
  2. "Les 100 qui font Monaco" (in French). July 2017.
  3. "Monaco Imprese" (in French and Italian). 20 July 2011.
  4. "Riccardo Giraudi, l'autre prince de Monaco" (in French and Italian). July 2012.
  5. "JT lundi 12 juin 2017". www.monacochannel.mc.
  6. "Les viandes rares excitent les appétits". 15 September 2017.
  7. "Riccardo Giraudi, ses steaks valent de l'or". www.capital.fr/.
  8. "Kobe: una carne preziosa garantita da un idolo d'oro" (in Italian).
  9. "Baron Rouge" (PDF) (in French). September 2017.
  10. "Giraudi, créateur de mode" (PDF). www.riccardogiraudi.com (in French). 18 December 2015.
  11. "Viande de Luxe" (in French). February 2015.
  12. "Boeuf de Kobe : l'ultime snobisme" (PDF).
  13. Jolly, Vincent (27 September 2019). "Riccardo Giraudi, le samouraï de Kobe".
  14. "Riccardo Giraudi, Créatif food" (PDF). September 2015.
  15. "L'homme de Kobe" (in French and English). December 2016.
  16. "Boutique butchery: Beefbar opens a Monaco chop shop". 25 July 2016.
  17. "La gastronomie chinoise s'implante à Monaco" (in French). 26 June 2014.
  18. "Top 50 Melhores restaurantes".
  19. "Monaco Restaurant Group lance Moshi Moshi".
  20. "Bar à sushi version méditerranéenne".
  21. "Mozza, le restaurant qui revisite la trattoria italienne du siècle dernier" (in French). October 2014.
  22. "Toqué de Burgers" (in French). 28 September 2016.
  23. "Grubers n°1 des burgers à Monaco".
  24. "Metissages made in Monaco" (in French). October 2017.
  25. "Monaco Matin - Un goût d'Italie avec Cantinetta Antinori". Monaco Matin. 18 December 2017.
  26. "Appréciez le nouveau bar à Pisco à Monaco".
  27. "Naçionalista : les meilleurs cocktails de Monaco".
  28. "Metissage made in Monaco". 3 September 2017.
  29. "Meilleurs nouveaux restaurants à Paris".
  30. "Les nouvelles tables du Triangle d'Or".
  31. "Best restaurants to try right now".
  32. "Les meilleurs restaurants de viande à Paris". www.timeout.fr.
  33. "Beefbar stocks the best quality from around the world".
  34. "Michelin Guide 2019".
  35. "Substane over Style : Riccardo Giraudi, CEO Giraudi Group".
  36. "Monaco-born Beefbar open in DIFC".
  37. "Two new restaurants to open in DIFC".
  38. "Beefbar arrive à Paris et multiplie les ouvertures à l'international".
  39. "Something special in meat".
  40. "Beefbar on the Coast".
  41. "Beefbar on the Coast".
  42. "Beefbar at Lou Pinet". Urbanologie.
  43. "Michelin launches 2017 Hong Kong and Macau guide". 14 November 2016.
  44. "Michelin: Beefbar décroche sa première étoile" (in French). 9 November 2016.
  45. "Anahi pour se réconcilier avec la viande à Paris" (in French). 4 September 2017.
  46. "Sortez les crocs!" (in French). 9 December 2016.
  47. "Conde Nast Traveller - the best new restaurants in the world". www.cntraveller.com.
  48. "Riccardo Giraudi consulting". www.riccardogiraudi.com.
  49. "Représentation de la République du Gabon auprès de la Principauté de Monaco" (in French).
  50. "Guide Michelin". Guide Michelin.
  51. "Wallpaper". January 2018.
  52. "Les meilleurs restaurants de viande à Paris".
  53. "Winners 2019". Restaurant & Bar design awards.
  54. "14 Novembre 2014 - Le Consul Honoraire du Gabon nommé Chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Étoile d'Italie" (in French). 20 November 2014.
  55. "JT mercredi 5 juin 2019". Monaco Channel.
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