About
Grégoire Jacquet
French-trained Chef Grégoire Jacquet was dissatisfied working at five-star, Michelin-rated restaurants around the world. Craving independence, he left fine dining to venture off on his own.
In 2002, Jacquet transformed the tradition of carryout food by opening the first high-end takeout restaurant—called Grégoire—just around the corner from the renowned Chez Panisse in the heart of Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto.
Twenty years later, having thrived through both a recession and a pandemic, Grégoire is a neighborhood institution and the home of the famous potato puff.