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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 1,913,951 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joël Robuchon is the 2nd most popular chef, the 1,136th most popular biography from France (up from 1,669th in 2019) and the most popular French Chef.

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Among CHEFS

Among chefs, Joël Robuchon ranks 2 out of 7Before him are Marcus Gavius Apicius. After him are Julia Child, Gordon Ramsay, Marie Harel, Alain Ducasse, Charles Joughin, Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver, René Redzepi, Floyd Cardoz, and Rachael Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Joël Robuchon ranks 59Before him are José Feliciano, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ernie Hudson, Nikita Mikhalkov, Carmen Maura, and Bryan Ferry. After him are Phil Jackson, Dirk Benedict, Bubba Smith, Pete Townshend, Dennis Rader, and Joseph Kosuth. Among people deceased in 2018, Joël Robuchon ranks 48Before him are Riccardo Giacconi, Burton Richter, Jens Christian Skou, Milena Dravić, Claude Lanzmann, and Günter Blobel. After him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Paul D. Boyer, Scott Wilson, Reynaldo Bignone, Gérard Genette, and Dolores O'Riordan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1,136 out of 6,011Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Fromental Halévy (1799), Capucine (1928), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Yves Tanguy (1900), and Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862). After him are André Maginot (1877), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Pierre Mignard (1612), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Paulinus of Nola (354), and Tancred of Hauteville (980).

Among CHEFS In France

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