As a newly qualified chef, Colagreco headed to France and worked with Bernard Loiseau, Alain Passard at L’Arpège, Alain Ducasse at the Hotel Plaza Athénée before finally spending a year at Le Grand Véfour. All of them three Michelin stars Chefs. Colagreco, then established Mirazur in Menton and just six months later received the ‘Revelation of the Year’ award, a brand new category to recognize his merits from Gault & Millau. Less than a year later he had earned his first Michelin star. Mirazur became officially one of the premier restaurants in the world listed in The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants. In the same year, Colagreco was also awarded “Chef of the Year” by the prestigious Gault & Millau restaurant guide.
