CHEF

Joël Robuchon

1945 - 2018

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Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl ʁɔbyʃɔ̃], 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. He published several cookbooks, two of which have been translated into English, chaired the committee for the Larousse Gastronomique, and hosted culinary television shows in France. He operated more than a dozen restaurants across Bangkok, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Madrid, Monaco, Montreal, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, and New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joël Robuchon is the 2nd most popular chef, the 1,264th most popular biography from France (up from 1,267th in 2019) and the most popular French Chef.

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Among chefs, Joël Robuchon ranks 2 out of 15. Before him are Marcus Gavius Apicius. After him are Julia Child, George Speck, Franz Sacher, Charles Joughin, Marie Harel, Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay, Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver, and René Redzepi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Joël Robuchon ranks 90. Before him are Ken Hensley, Haris Silajdžić, Joseph Kosuth, Dennis Rader, Linda Harrison, and George Alencherry. After him are Eizo Yuguchi, Türkan Şoray, Frans Sammut, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Dirk Benedict, and Van Morrison. Among people deceased in 2018, Joël Robuchon ranks 66. Before him are Reynaldo Bignone, Francis Lai, Wim Kok, Claude Lanzmann, Tsukasa Hosaka, and Milena Dravić. After him are Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Keith O'Brien, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Gérard Genette, Ruud Lubbers, and Eddie Clarke.

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Among people born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1,264 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Cauchon (1371), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), René Thom (1923), Franck Ribéry (1983), Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145). After him are Jules Ferry (1832), Odile of Alsace (662), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Dominique Sanda (1948), and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737).

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Among CHEFS In France

Among chefs born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1. After him are Marie Harel (1761), and Alain Ducasse (1956).

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