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Présentation
Olivier Giraud was born in 1977 in Bordeaux. When he turned 18, he decided to become chef so
he left his home town to ... Paris.
Few years later, he is graduated from one of the best catering school in France.
He left Paris in 2001 for the United States of America ( oh my gooooooood ) where he became a
waiter. After a wine course training where he finished Major of his hotel promotion he won THE
price: a 6 years visa in USA! Quickly, he became Restaurant manager in this 5 star Hotel, "The
Breakers", Palm Beach Florida.
5 years later, he decided to go back to Paris to realize his childhood dream : becoming comedian.
In fact, during few years, he laughed a lot about the cultural differences between Americans and
french and he decided to write a one man show 100% in english about all these differences.
10 may 2009, dream comes true!!! The show "How to become Parisian in one hour?" was born.
Everybody in the theater industry told him that his project in english was a really stupid idea!
Nobody wanted to bet on him so he decided to produce himself the show and created his "French
Arrogance Productions". Three years later, the show is one of the most successful show in
France! 85 000 people discovered the show, a result of an incredible worldwide word of
mouth...Oh lala !