IBenchmark ibize uOlivier C. Gaupin ukuba ngumlawuli weenkqubo zokupheka, indawo esandula ukwenziwa yokuphucula indawo yokutya kunye nesiselo seBenchmark kunye nokwandisa ukwamkelwa. UPatrick Berwald, usekela mongameli ukutya kunye neziselo, wenza isibhengezo.
“Kuluvuyo olukhulu ukubhengeza ukuqeshwa kuka-Olivier kwaye ndimamkela kwiqela lethu elikhulayo le-F & B,” utshilo uMnu. "Uzisa ubunzulu obungaqhelekanga bolwazi kunye namava kwindima yakhe entsha, ayifumene eYurophu naseMelika. U-Olivier ukwakhokelele ekuphumeleleni kwamabhaso amaninzi, amaqela okutya neziselo avunyiweyo kuzwelonke kwaye wazisa obu bunkokeli busetelwe kwindawo yakhe entsha.
Ingcali yezolimo ephekiweyo, u-Olivier C. Gaupin uza kwiBenchmark ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 yamava angumzekelo. Wayekade engumpheki wequmrhu leLoews Hotels & Co kule ndima, uxanduva oluphambili lukaMnu Gaupin lubandakanya ukukhokela kwicala lokupheka kwiihotele zorhwebo, ukongamela kuphuhliso lweemenyu, ukwenza iinkqubo zokutya neziselo ezintsha kunye namanyathelo okuzinzisa, kunye nokufumana zeemveliso kunye neempahla kunye nokuphuhlisa iinkqubo kunye nemigangatho emitsha yokuqesha nokugcina italente yenkcubeko kulo lonke uphawu. Usebenze njengenxalenye yeqela lokuvula ihotele yaseLoews eAtlanta, kwaye indawo yokutyela yepropathi yabizwa njengeyona ndawo yokutyela ilungileyo eAtlanta ngawo omabini amaphepha eEsquire naseAtlanta.
Umnumzana Gaupin ukwasebenza njengomlawuli wokutya neziselo kunye nompheki weAlys Resort, inkosi eyacwangcisela uluntu eAlys Beach, eFlorida. Kwangoko ebesebenza eYurophu, kubandakanya nokusebenza njengompheki wabucala kwindawo yokuhlala yoMphathiswa Wezomkhosi eParis, eFrance, nanjengompheki wabucala owayekhwele isikhephe sodidi saseAntibes, eFrance. Ukongeza, wayengumpheki we-partie ye-Hotel Negresco e-Nice, e-France. E-US, uGaupin ukhokele ikhitshi lokutyela iProvence eWashington DC, kunye nomsebenzi wokupheka weRitz Carlton Hotel Atlanta, kunye neRitz Carlton Hotel eSt. Louis ngelo xesha indawo yokutyela yepropathi yabizwa ngokuba yiTop Dining Restaurant yiGourmet.
Umfundi ophumelele i-CFA yaseFransi eCharles Peguy School, uMnu Gaupin wavelisa umdla wokutya newayini esemncinci kwaye walandela ifa losapho lakhe labapheki abahle ukuze benze ikhosi kwicandelo lokupheka. Ukwangumfundi ophumelele eLa Fortune Du Pot e-Orléans, eFrance, apho wazuza isidanga sobugcisa kwiCulinary. I-Gaupin iye yangeniswa kwi-Maîtres Cuisinier de France (i-Master Chef yase-France); enye ye-84 kuphela e-US yokuthwala isihloko esibalulekileyo. Uhlala eWoodlands, eTexas.
