jean-luc naret is the director of the michelin guide. you know, the restaurant guidebook that is notorious for driving chefs to suicide when they lose a star. (that might be a rumor, but it's a good one, even if it's fake) jean-luc is very french (look at that collar) and this was in a hallway in a very fancy hotel, and the whole thing was very brief. maybe he had to go to another restaurant.