Think gastronomy, think French food. English-speaking diners have even adopted French to describe our eating experiences. The term haute cuisine points us firmly in the direction of Rue Montorgueil or ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... He may have inadvertently paved the way for McDonald’s, but great Victorian chef Auguste Escoffier was so slight a man that he couldn’t even reach the stove.

Michel Roux Jr explores the life and influence of his culinary hero, Georges Auguste Escoffier, the man who turned eating into dining and the first great restaurant chef. Show more Michel Roux Jr ...

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It's said that the lineage of finely trained chefs throughout culinary history can be traced back to Auguste Escoffier. The Frenchman was born in 1846 and started cooking at 13 in his uncle's ...