Pierre Troisgros

Pierre Troisgros (3 September 1928[1] – 23 September 2020[2]) was a French restaurateur, best known for his restaurant Frères Troisgros.[3]

Pierre Troisgros
Born(1928-09-03)3 September 1928
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Died23 September 2020(2020-09-23) (aged 92)
Le Coteau, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationRestaurant chef and owner
RelativesTroisgros family

Pierre Troisgros and his brother Jean Troisgros completed an apprenticeship with renowned top chefs in Paris. Together with his brother Jean Troisgros, he continued his father's restaurant Hôtel Moderne.[4] In 1955, the country restaurant located in Roanne (Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), won its first Michelin star.[2] In 1957, the restaurant was renamed Les Frères Troisgros.[4] Within ten years, it became the most popular restaurant in the region and soon it was one of the best known restaurants in France. In 1965, the restaurant, got its second star, and, in 1968, its third.[2] In 1972, the brothers were awarded by critics of the Gault Millau with the title "Best Restaurant in the World" award.[5]

One of the inventors of nouvelle cuisine, in the 1960s, Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Jean and Pierre Troisgros, and Michel Guérard "disrupted restaurant culture... Breaking away from the long-established rules of French haute cuisine, the group pushed for food to look and taste more like the stuff it’s actually made from, to be leaner and lighter and brighter."[6]

Personal life

Troisgros was father of Claude Troisgros, a famous restaurateur and TV presenter in Brazil.[7]

On 23 September 2020, Troisgros died at home in Le Coteau near Roanne aged 92.[8]

References
  1. (in French) BnF catalogue général
  2. "Retour sur l'immense carrière du chef roannais, Pierre Troisgros". Le Progres (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. House and garden, Volume 151, Issues 1-6, Condé Nast Publications, 1979
  4. "Pierre Troisgros, légendaire chef triplement étoilé, est décédé". 20 minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. "One Part Genius To One Part Hype: Nouvelle Cuisine Française Clarified". Gastro Mondiale. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. Rao, Tejal (May 9, 2016). "Fish That's Worth a Flight to France". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  7. "Laços de família: a fascinante história de Claude e Pierre Troisgros". Sabor.Club (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  8. "Loire : Le chef trois étoiles Pierre Troisgros décède à l'âge de 92 ans". France TV Info 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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