Troisgros pronunciation
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Pierre Troisgros
French restaurateur (1928–2020)
Pierre Troisgros (3 September 1928[1] – 23 September 2020)[2] was a French chef and restaurateur, best known for his restaurant Frères Troisgros.[3] Pierre Troisgros and his brother continued their father's restaurant Hôtel Moderne,[4] where they invented "Escalope de saumon à l’oseille Troisgros," or salmon with sorrel sauce, which became their signature dish.[5] At the time of his death, he had set a record by never losing his three Michelin stars once he was first awarded them.[5] Stephen Harris for the Telegraph described him "the father of nouvelle cuisine."[6]
Career
His brother Jean Troisgros was two years older than him.[7] He and his brother received their first cooking lessons from their mother.[8] Pierre Troisgros and his brother completed an apprenticeship with renowned top chefs in Paris.[4] In Paris, he refined his skills along with his brother at the restaurant Lucas Carton.[9]
When they wer
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Four generations of Master Chefs
From there on, Michel and Marie-Pierre started broadening their horizons. In 1995, a year before the actual take-over from Pierre and Olympe, they created Le Central, a café-delicatessen next door to the main house and a place they made very much their own. The menu was completely revised, with the famous salmon à l’oseille and other popular dishes being replaced by new creations by Michel.
As their children – Marion, César and Léo – grew up, the 2000s saw the birth of new projects, both nearby and far away. In 2003, when Gault-Millau named him “Chef of the Year”, Michel wrote his first of many books, devoted to his culinary identity, la Cuisine acidulée (slightly sour cuisine). In 2006, they confirmed the family’s attachment to Japan when they opened the restaurant CMT – Cuisine[s] Michel Troisgros – in Tokyo.
Two years later, Michel and Marie-Pierre opened their first restaurant, La Colline du Colombier, in the countryside on the banks of the Loire, twenty minutes downstream from Roanne. They did
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Troisgros family
French restaurant and hotel
Troisgros (French pronunciation:[tʁwaɡʁo]) is a French restaurant and hotel with a primary location in Ouches (Loire, France) and additional affiliated restaurants in Roanne and Iguerande, in France.
It started in 1930 as a restaurant located in Roanne, held by Jean-Baptiste Troisgros and his wife Marie, then by their sons Jean and Pierre under the name of Les Frères Troisgros in 1957, and finally by their grandson Michel, owner of the current Le Bois sans feuilles restaurant in Ouches. It has been awarded three Michelin stars since 1968.
The hotel (five stars) has been a member of Relais & Châteaux since 1966.
Biography
Jean-Baptiste and Marie Troisgros
Jean-Baptiste Troisgros (1898–1974) and his wife Marie Badaut (1900–1968), lemonade makers of Burgundian origin, ran the Café des négociants in Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy. They had three children: Jean (born 2 December 1926 in Chalon-sur-Saône), Pierre (born 3 September 1928 in Chalon-sur-Saône) and Madeleine (born 17 June 1935 in Roan
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