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Marie-Antoine Carême

1784 - 1833

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Marie-Antoine Carême (French: [maʁi ɑ̃twan kaʁɛm]; 8 June 1783 or 1784 – 12 January 1833), known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century. Carême was born in Paris to a poor family and, when still a child, worked in a cheap restaurant. Later he became an apprentice to a leading Parisian pâtissier and quickly became known for his patisserie skills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie-Antoine Carême has received more than 832,950 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Marie-Antoine Carême is the 520th most popular writer (up from 537th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from France (up from 632nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular French Writer.

Marie-Antoine Carême is most famous for being a French chef and restaurateur who is credited with inventing the art of cuisine.

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Notable Works

French cookery
1856
Le pâtissier pittoresque
Cake decorating, Confectionery, Pictorial works
1815
The Royal Parisian Pastrycook and Confectioner from the Original of M. A. Carême
2018
Le maître-d'hôtel français
French Cookery, Menus, French Cooking
1842
L' art de la cuisine française au dix-neuvième siècle
French Cookery, French Cooking
1833
Le cuisinier parisien, ou, L'art de la cuisine française au dix-neuvième siècle
French Cookery, French Cooking
1842

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marie-Antoine Carême ranks 520 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaac Babel, Aulus Gellius, Tom Clancy, Alvin Toffler, Henry IV of Castile, and Elie Wiesel. After him are Tennessee Williams, Premchand, Jostein Gaarder, Harold Pinter, Jean Paul, and Imadaddin Nasimi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Marie-Antoine Carême ranks 5. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain, Jérôme Bonaparte, Zachary Taylor, and Friedrich Bessel. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Louis Spohr, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Karl Thomas Mozart, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily. Among people deceased in 1833, Marie-Antoine Carême ranks 5. Before him are Nicéphore Niépce, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Kaspar Hauser, and Richard Trevithick. After him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, William Wilberforce, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh Glass, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie-Antoine Carême ranks 612 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), William Wyler (1902), Sophie Marceau (1966), Syagrius (430), and Léon Blum (1872). After him are Félix Faure (1841), Albert Uderzo (1927), Lucien Febvre (1878), André the Giant (1946), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), and Julie Clary (1771).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marie-Antoine Carême ranks 93. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Henri Barbusse (1873), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Anaïs Nin (1903), Alfred Jarry (1873), and Camille Flammarion (1842). After him are Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Paul Claudel (1868), Gaston Leroux (1868), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), and Georges Perec (1936).

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