{"id":10016,"date":"2022-06-10T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=10016"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:17:03","slug":"mory-sacko-who-is-really-the-new-artistic-director-of-the-first-louis-vuitton-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/mory-sacko-who-is-really-the-new-artistic-director-of-the-first-louis-vuitton-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mory Sacko: Who is really the new artistic director of the first Louis Vuitton restaurant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>The new Louis Vuitton restaurant, recently opened in Saint-Tropez, has taken up the House&#8217;s codes with the recipes of starred chef Mory Sacko. A look back at an exemplary career.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Born on September 24, 1992 in Rueil-Malmaison, <strong>Mory Sacko<\/strong> enjoyed, as a child, tasting with envy the dishes of his Senegalese mother. But it was in the third grade that he turned to this profession. &#8220;<em>When I thought about what I wanted to do, I realized that I liked documentaries on the world of palaces and cuisine,<\/em>&#8221; he explained to <em><strong>Vice magazine.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10017\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10018\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-1536x698.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-370x168.jpg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-800x364.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-185x84.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-740x336.jpg 740w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-20x9.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-400x182.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-600x273.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/push-louis-vuitton-restaurant-st-tropez-chef-mory-sacko-numero-magazine-106x48.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Louis Vuitton restaurant with Mory Sacko \u00a9\u00a0knngrm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He then entered the hotel school at 14 years old and his first experience as a commis at the <strong>Royal Monceau<\/strong> remains, in his eyes, unforgettable. In four years, he learned the basics of palace cuisine before joining the <strong>Shangri-La<\/strong>, then the <strong>Mandarin Oriental<\/strong> of <strong>Thierry Marx<\/strong>. As a sous-chef, he forged ties with the famous chef with a passion for Japan. &#8220;<em>He really built me in the management part, which means thinking about a dish, having a reflection and not just making something good.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2019, he became known to the general public by participating in the 11th season of <strong>Top Chef<\/strong>. His smiling personality and relaxed style win over the jurors and afficionados of the television program.\u00a0This exposure helped him to open his very first restaurant. Baptized <strong>MoSuke<\/strong>, the establishment nestled a stone&#8217;s throw from the Avenue du Maine in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, was opened in August 2020. Reservations are pouring in and the first reviews confirm the young chef&#8217;s talent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10021\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10022\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-185x104.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-740x416.jpg 740w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mory-sacka-mosuke-scaled-1-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>MoSuke restaurant\u00a0\u00a9 Nouvellesgastronomiques.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The very rapid arrival of a <strong>first star in the Michelin guide<\/strong> was received with great enthusiasm. &#8220;<em>I think that cooking is perhaps one of the circles where one can claim a social ascension, where I, the son of a worker, was able to reach a managerial position at 25, and a professional ascension. In the kitchen, you can rise very quickly: the only judge of peace is competence,<\/em>&#8221; he commented on <em><strong>France Culture<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<strong>In terms of cooking, the Chef wishes to make people discover his universe through a culinary journey between Africa, Japan and France.<\/strong> With MoSuke, Mory Sacko proposes the cuisine he loves: plural, delicate, creative, at the crossroads of influences and territories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10023\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10024\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-924x1024.jpg 924w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-1387x1536.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-370x410.jpg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-800x886.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-185x205.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-740x820.jpg 740w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-20x22.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-400x443.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-600x665.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/283967627_364215859026682_7451982003624995324_n-43x48.jpg 43w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Louis Vuitton restaurant with Mory Sacko \u00a9\u00a0knngrm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>Louis Vuitton<\/strong> is betting on it, by opening its very first French restaurant on June 17 in <strong>Saint-Tropez<\/strong>. Located in the <strong>White 1921 Hotel<\/strong>, on the mythical Place des Lices, the restaurant will offer about 40 places to eat,<strong>\u00a0designed in collaboration with Mory Sacko and infused with Louis Vuitton codes.<\/strong> Travertine, wood, rope and rattan set the tone for this place, which is decorated with revisited Nomadic Objects and the brand&#8217;s monogram.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mory Sacko signs the artistic direction of this restaurant<\/strong> &#8220;<em>based on (their) common values of a French know-how dedicated to the art of travel<\/em>&#8220;. Delighted with this collaboration, Mory Sacko shared the following message on social networks in which he thanks &#8220;<em>all the people who made this project possible<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>sincerely hopes that you will like the restaurant!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CelvW2xoCsT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CelvW2xoCsT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par @morysackoatlouisvuitton<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the menu, the chef&#8217;s menu is an <strong>invitation to travel<\/strong>.<strong> African and Japanese influences meet the know-how of French gastronomy, with rigor and accuracy.<\/strong> For lunch, we discover creative variations on the <strong>ekiben<\/strong> (iconic meal tray served in Japanese trains). 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