Benchmark yatchula Olivier C. Gaupin woyang'anira ntchito zophikira, malo omwe angopangidwa kumene kuti apititse patsogolo chakudya ndi zakumwa za Benchmark ndikukulitsa kuzindikira. A Patrick Berwald, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti chakudya ndi zakumwa, alengeza.
"Ndili wokondwa kwambiri kuti ndilengeza zakusankhidwa kwa Olivier ndikumulandira ku gulu lathu lomwe likukula la F&B," atero a Berwald. "Amabweretsa chidziwitso chakuya komanso zodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi pantchito yake yatsopanoyi, yomwe adapeza ku Europe komanso United States. Olivier watsogolera magulu angapo opambana mphoto, chakudya ndi zakumwa zovomerezeka mdziko lonse ndikubweretsa utsogoleriwu pantchito yake yatsopano. "
Katswiri wodziwa zophikira, Olivier C. Gaupin amabwera ku Benchmark ali ndi zaka zopitilira 30 za zitsanzo zabwino. M'mbuyomu anali wophika kampani ya Loews Hotels & Co pantchitoyi, ntchito yayikulu ya Mr. Gaupin inali kuphatikiza kutsogola kwama hotelo amtunduwu, kuyang'anira chitukuko chamenyu, kukhazikitsa mapulogalamu atsopano azakudya ndi zakumwa ndi zoyeserera zodalirika, komanso kupeza Zogulitsa ndi katundu ndikupanga njira ndi miyezo yatsopano yolembera ndi kusunga luso lophikira pamtundu wonsewo. Anatumikira monga gawo lotsegulira Loews Hotel ku Atlanta, ndipo malo odyera nyumbayo adatchedwa Malo Odyera Opambana Kwambiri ku Atlanta ndi magazini aEsquire ndi Atlanta.
A Gaupin adatumikiranso ngati director of food & chakumwa komanso ophika ku Alys Resort, akatswiri omwe adakonzekereratu ku Alys Beach, Florida. Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake, adagwira ntchito ku Europe, kuphatikiza kukhala wophika payekha ku Residence of Minister of Defense ku Paris, France, komanso ngati wophika payekha yemwe anali m'sitima yapamtunda ya ku Antibes, France. Kuphatikiza apo, anali mtsogoleri wamkulu wa hotelo yotchedwa Michelin yotchedwa Hotel Negresco ku Nice, France. Ku US, Gaupin watsogolera kakhitchini ku Provence Restaurant ku Washington DC, ndi ntchito zophikira ku Ritz Carlton Hotel Atlanta, ndi Ritz Carlton Hotel St. Louis panthawi yomwe malo odyerawa amatchedwa Malo Odyera Pamwamba ndi Gourmet.
Omaliza maphunziro a CFA ku Charles Peguy School ku France, a Gaupin adayamba kukonda chakudya ndi vinyo adakali achichepere ndipo adatsata cholowa cha banja lake la ophika abwino kuti achite ntchito zophikira. Alinso womaliza maphunziro a La Fortune Du Pot ku Orléans, France, komwe adalandira digiri yake ya Culinary Arts. Gaupin walowetsedwa ku Maîtres Cuisinier de France (Master Chef waku France); mmodzi mwa anthu 84 okha ku US kuti atenge udindo wapamwamba. Amakhala ku The Woodlands, Texas.
