Roux and his brother have been called the "godfathers of modern restaurant cuisine in the UK" by hospitality industry magazine "Caterer and Hotelkeeper", while "The Observer Food Monthly" described him as "perhaps the finest pastry chef this country has ever had" when he was awarded their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Roux had previously won the Lifetime Achievement award from "Tatler" magazine in 2008. In a poll of UK chefs carried out by "Caterer and Hotelkeeper" magazine in 2003, the Roux brothers were voted the most influential chefs in the country, and in 2004 Michel Roux was voted the AA Chef's Chef.