Auguste Escoffier
French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer. Modernizer of haute cuisine. Author of Le Guide Culinaire. Architect of the brigade de cuisine system at the Savoy and the Carlton in London.
Auguste Escoffier
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French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer. Modernizer of haute cuisine. Author of Le Guide Culinaire. Architect of the brigade de cuisine system at the Savoy and the Carlton in London.
- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1935
- Birthplace
- Villeneuve-Loubet
- Nationality
- France
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