Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Benchmark ʻo Olivier C. Gaupin i alakaʻi no ka hana kuke, kahi kūlana hou i hana ʻia e hoʻonui ai i ke kūlana o ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu a Benchmark a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Patrick Berwald, ka hope pelekikena i ka meaʻai a me nā mea inu.
"Me ka hauʻoli nui wau e hoʻolaha aku i ko Olivier koho ʻana a hoʻokipa iā ia i kā mākou hui F&B e ulu nei," wahi a Mr. Berwald. "Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi hohonu hohonu o ka ʻike culinary a me ka ʻike honua i kāna hana hou, i loaʻa ma ʻEulopa a ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua alakaʻi pū ʻo Olivier i nā hui meaʻai a me nā mea inu i lanakila i ka makana, a lawe mai i kēia mākaukau alakaʻi i kona kūlana hou.
ʻO Olivier C. Gaupin, he kanaka akamai i ka meaʻai, hele mai i Benchmark me ka ʻoi aku o 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻike hoʻohālike. ʻO ia ma mua he chef hui no Loews Hotels & Co. Ma kēia kuleana, ʻo nā kuleana koʻikoʻi o Mr. Gaupin, ʻo ia ka alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana o nā hōkele o ka brand, ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka papa inoa, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā papahana meaʻai a me nā mea inu hou a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻomau, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. o nā huahana a me nā waiwai a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kaʻina hana a me nā kūlana hou no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā talena culinary a puni ka brand. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui wehe no ka Loews Hotel ma Atlanta, a ua kapa ʻia ka hale ʻaina o ka hale ʻaina ʻo ka Best New Restaurant ma Atlanta e nā makasina ʻo Esquire a me Atlanta.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Mr. Gaupin ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu a me ka mea kuke no ka Alys Resort, kahi kaiāulu i hoʻolālā ʻia ma Alys Beach, Florida. Ma mua o kāna ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo ia ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ia hoʻi ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he chef pilikino ma ka noho ʻana o ke Kuhina Kūʻai ma Paris, Farani, a ma ke ʻano he chef kūʻokoʻa ma luna o kahi moku moku waiwai e ku ana ma Antibes, Farani. Eia hou, he chef de partie ʻo ia o ka Hotel Negresco i helu ʻia ʻo Michelin ma Nice, Farani. Ma US, ua alakaʻi ʻo Gaupin i ka lumi kuke no Provence Restaurant ma Wakinekona DC, a me ka hana culinary no ka Ritz Carlton Hotel Atlanta, a me ka Ritz Carlton Hotel St. Louis i ka manawa i kapa ʻia ai ka hale ʻaina o ka hale ʻaina he Top Dining Restaurant e Gourmet.
Ua puka mai ke kula ʻo CFA Charles Peguy o Farani, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Mr. Gaupin i ke kuko no ka meaʻai maikaʻi a me ka waina i kona wā ʻōpio a ua ukali i ka hoʻoilina o kona ʻohana i nā chefs maikaʻi e alualu i kahi ʻoihana ma ka papa kuke. He puka puka ʻo ia no La Fortune Du Pot ma Orléans, Palani, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kāna kekelē Culinary Arts. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Gaupin i loko o ka Maîtres Cuisinier de France (Master Chef o Palani); ʻo kahi o 84 wale nō ma ka US e hāpai i ka inoa hanohano. Noho ʻo ia ma The Woodlands, Texas.
