This young 43 years old man did not become a chef by mere accident. It was an inherited vocation; both his father and grand father were eminent chefs.
Claude Godard has 8 years experience in excellent Parisian restaurants.
Also he has worked with a number of great Parisian chefs: Lasserre, A. Dutournier, J-P. Vigato and others.
Claude Godard went to South Africa to conquer Johannesburg and opened La Bastille Restaurant at a stone's throw from the Stock Exchange.
After three years experience, he returned to his family business at the Modern Hotel Restaurant Godard in Burgundy to look after the kitchen with his father Jean-Claude. (Maitre Cuisinier de France)

Claude Godard has been invited many times to give lessons and share the secrets of French cuisine with eminent foreigners.
Chef Godard helped Anne William at her cooking school La Varenne at le Chateau du Fey in Burgundy where many Americans, Japanese, Australians and South-Africans came to meet him.
In 1997, the French Goverment asked him to prepare a Gala Dinner for President Castro of Cuba.

He discovered New York in 1998 and fell in love with the city, its inhabitants and the Madison Bistro.

"Madison Bistro is a new chapter in my life and enables me to satisfy my passion for haute cuisine which I love to share with my clients" says Claude Godard.

In September 2000 Madison Bistro has been renovated and redecorated by Claude's wife Veronique Coutant-Godard.

In 2003 Claude Godard is recognized by the best of the Restaurant industrie who introduce him in the great society of the Master Chef "Maitre Cuisiniers de France"

In 2008 Claude Godard is introduced in the prestigious "Academie Culinaire de France"

Recomended address in Burgundy- Hotel de Paris et de la Poste