Alexandre Baumard

The Climb

Le Logis de la Cadène / L’Observatoire du Gabriel (2014–2023) gave Alexandre Baumard a long run in the discipline that matters most in a professional kitchen: precision under pressure. Over that stretch, the work was less about abrupt promotion than about steady accumulation, service after service, in a system that rewards control, repetition, and judgment. Today, Alexandre is chef of Amicis.

Today

Baumard is chef at Amicis in Bordeaux, and that role places his work back in a city already familiar to his career. At Amicis, Alexandre Baumard is being assessed again in the present tense, with the Michelin Guide as part of the frame. The restaurant is not a clean break from Le Logis de la Cadène / L’Observatoire du Gabriel; it is the current site where his cooking is being read against the standards that now define it. That reading sharpened when the kitchen earned one Michelin star. For Alexandre Baumard, the recognition extends a line already established in Saint-Émilion rather than replacing it. The star marks continuity in the work: the same exacting approach, now expressed in Bordeaux and measured under the same high level of scrutiny. That continuity is what defines Baumard’s profile. The Michelin-starred chapter, the Bordeaux post, and the emphasis on selection and restraint all point to a cooking style built through edit and control rather than excess. In Bordeaux, that line is especially legible: Alexandre Baumard has returned to a city that understands kitchen ambition, and Amicis gives that ambition a current form without breaking the arc that led there. The result is a career that keeps moving without rushing. Baumard’s trajectory shows endurance, and a seriousness that lets a chef refine the work without losing its clarity. At Amicis, Alexandre Baumard’s experience is visible in the room and in the kitchen, where accumulated discipline carries the weight.

In Their Words “So the starter is a truffle risotto, so that's it, that's a bit of the house signature dish.” “At the beginning of February 2017, I got my first Michelin star.”

Recognition

Alexandre's honors include Michelin Guide, one star (2017).