Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (born 1846)

Auguste Escoffier

French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer (1846–1935)

Georges Auguste Escoffier was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularised and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoine Carême, one of the codifiers of French haute cuisine; Escoffier's…