Mireille Guiliano

Mireille’s runaway bestseller, French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure — part memoir and part gastronomy and practical philosophy guide — is a beautifully written book, a celebration of life, which of course, includes enjoying good food. Publishers Weekly called it "A welcome reprieve from the scores of diet books out there... A stirring reminder of the importance of joie de vivre."

For Mireille, dining is ritual, and chocolate, bread and romance are key ingredients in a balanced diet. At the core of the book, says Guiliano, is a belief in “bien dans sa peau,” or, “feeling comfortable in your skin.” As she often tells audiences, "Whether it’s the champagne you drink, the job you have or the person you love, the first rule in life is you must be happy.”

Translated into 30 languages and with more than one million copies in print in the U.S., French Women Don't Get Fat is a #2 New York Times and #1 Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

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A native of France, where she was raised in a family of chefs and restaurateurs, Mireille studied French and English literature at the Sorbonne and languages at the Institut Superieur d’Interpretariat et de Traduction. In 1984, she was tapped to start a company and re-launch the 225-year-old flagship brand, Veuve Clicquot in the U.S. (today a subsidiary of the French luxury good purveyor LVMH).

Guiliano wrote the initial marketing plan for Veuve Clicquot in America and directed its implementation. In two decades under her leadership, the brand grew from less than one percent to about 23% of the U.S. champagne market. Guiliano's casebook strategic approach to positioning and growing ultra-premium brands is often cited and followed in the industry.

One of the few women who have reached the top echelon of the wine and spirits industry, and a member of the Executive Committee of Moet-Hennessy (LVMH, France), Mireille has been called a champion of women in business and enjoys lecturing on the subject. She frequently presents internationally on business topics, especially related to the luxury goods sector, as well as on food, wine, travel and entertaining. She is a member of the Committee of 200 and works with other groups promoting business opportunities and education for women.

A popular guest on radio and television in the U.S and abroad, Mireille has appeared on such programs as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Early Show, Dateline and The Today Show. She has been profiled in The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, TIME, People, Newsweek, The Robb Report, Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine and Business Week. She has written articles on food, wine, travel and lifestyle for such publications as Town & Country and The Quarterly Review of Wines.