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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joël Robuchon has received more than 2,055,685 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joël Robuchon is the 2nd most popular chef, the 1,267th most popular biography from France (down from 1,133rd in 2019) and the most popular French Chef.

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  • 23

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  • 2.24

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Among CHEFS

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

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Joël Robuchon ranks 69. Before him are Moncef Marzouki, Hasan Akhund, Ken Hensley, Carmen Maura, Haris Silajdžić, and Dennis Rader. After him are Yochanan Vollach, Joseph Kosuth, Graça Machel, Linda Lee Cadwell, Micheline Calmy-Rey, and Dirk Benedict. Among people deceased in 2018, Joël Robuchon ranks 60. Before him are Wim Kok, Jean-Louis Tauran, Osamu Shimomura, Gérard Genette, Dorothy Malone, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. After him are Scott Wilson, Aaron Klug, Alan Bean, Claude Lanzmann, Sondra Locke, and Dolores O'Riordan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1,267 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), André Masson (1896), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), and Jean-Pierre Serre (1926). After him are Philippe Petit (1949), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Élisée Reclus (1830), Eva Gonzalès (1849), and Queen Anne of Romania (1923).

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Among CHEFS In France

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

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