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Olivier Magny

Olivier is the founder of O Chateau. He is a sommelier and a bit of a nutcase. On top of his activities with O Chateau, Olivier is also a wine consultant for fancy pantsy Hotel de Crillon. In October 2009, Wall Street Journal referred to “Taste-master” Olivier Magny which almost made “Taste-master” Olivier Magny’s mom stop asking him when he was going to get a real job. Olivier’s side occupations include writing (his first book Dessine-moi un Parisien and Stuff Parisians Like received much press acclaim) .

He is also wrapping up his next book about terroir. And working on developing a TV series about wine. (read more…)

  

Olivier Magny
Nicolas Paradis Nicolas Paradis

Nicolas and Olivier have been friends for many years. They played rugby together at university.  Nicolas is originally from the Languedoc. He holds a Master of Sciences from ENSAM and an MBA from ESSEC. Nicolas joined O Chateau in 2006 to turn Olivier’s weird idea into the real company that O Chateau has become today.

Nicolas is the man behind Ô Chateau’s new venue and beautiful wine bar. He manages operations and business development.

Nicolas is the proud father of two baby girls – Manon and Lola.
Maxime De Zeeuw

Maxime de Zeeuw is Ô Chateau’s wine bar manager. “Max” has extensive restaurant business experience. He’s worked as a sommelier for several years in London (Le Coq d’Argent) and in Austrlaia.

Max is passionate about wine. He also makes the best cocktails and is a genuine team player.Max loves to surf and to wear funny hats…

 Maxime de Zeeuw
Charlotte Buisson Dackow  

Charlotte Buisson Dackow

Charlotte was born and raised in Burgundy. She studied English first and wine second. Her wine journey before Ô Chateau took her to New Zealand where she worked for a year and California where she worked for several months.

Charlotte speaks impeccable English. She’s absolutely passionate about wine. She might also very well be the kindest person in Paris.
Rudy Vasquez

Rudy is orginally from California. He has extensive experience in the restaurant business there.

Along with his girlfriend, Rudy decided to move to Paris to “try something new”. Toay, he splits his days between French classes and helping in teh kitchen at Ô Chateau.

Rudy’s mostly a beer drinker but we’re working on him…

 

  

 
Jony Jony Manan
Last but not least, Jony – the man, the legend.Originally from Bangladesh, Jony fled his empoverished country to first move to Hong Kong where he spent 10 years handling luggage at the HK airport. Three years ago, Jony moved to France and started to work for Ô Chateau as a handy man.He quickly became indispensable. Not only because he’s fantastically hard working and efficient, but also because he’s always smily and happy.Jony has a wife and three children back in Bangladesh. Thanks to his hard work at Ô Chateau, Jony supports his entire community back home.