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The Élysée Palace’s Chef and France’s Culinary Ambassador, Guillaume Gomez, recently returned from a business trip to Vietnam, where he served as a judge in a baguette-making contest in May. Two important rules There are two rules when cooking for the presidents. “You can’t imagine how important you are to the image of France,” former French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Gomez before leaving the palace. In May 2012, Chef Gomez was presented with the National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite) by Sarkozy. Gomez began working at the Élysée Palace in 1997 and, at the age of 25, was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France medal, a prestigious honor given every four years to craftsmen, including chefs and bakers. He was the youngest person ever to win the title in the culinary category. Guillaume Gomez and the four French presidents he has served. Photo : Twitter In 2013, Gomez succeeded Bernard Vaussion to become the ‘chef de cuisine’ of the Élysée. He worked...