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Sprinkle Gallic flair with British riches

There is one key ingredient that our greatest French chefs have relied on for 200 years: British money, usually aristocratic and often royal, combined with a willingness to spend it lavishly on

RICHARD KAY: The masterchef with an insatiable appetite for women

But for the clammy embrace of an elderly priest, the culinary fortunes of this country might never have been the same.  As a boy of 14, Albert Roux was training for the priesthood in his native France when an unholy encounter with a smelly man of the cloth saw him switch from clerical robes to chef s whites. It was the most providential change of direction for his adopted country, Britain, whose eating habits he would change for ever. It was also a wise decision. I would have made a very bad priest because I am was a philanderer, said the restaurateur, who has died aged 85.

Albert Roux, genius of the kitchen who brought classic French cuisine to 1960s Britain – obituary

Albert Roux, genius of the kitchen who brought classic French cuisine to 1960s Britain – obituary Telegraph Obituaries © Rex In the Gavroche kitchen, 1989 - Rex Albert Roux, the chef, who has died aged 85, championed the cause of excellence in British restaurant cooking for half a century. With his brother Michel, Roux was responsible for elevating the national reputation for food, which, when the pair of them arrived in London in 1967 was nothing short of abysmal. The restaurant which would become synonymous with the name of Albert Roux was Le Gavroche. It was the first restaurant in Britain to gain a Michelin star, in 1974, and the first to win three, in 1982. The second restaurant to achieve this distinction, which it maintains to this day, was The Waterside Inn at Bray, founded by both brothers but later run solely by chef-proprietor Michel, who died in 2020.

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