Fernand Point
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Fernand Point (Template:IPA, 25 February 1897 – 4 March 1955) was a French chef and restaurateur who is considered the father of modern French cuisine. He founded the restaurant La Pyramide in Vienne near Lyon.
Early life
Point was born in Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, France. His family kept an inn where he started cooking when he was ten. He moved to Paris and worked at some of its best restaurants before working with Paul Bocuse's father at the Template:Illm in Évian-les-Bains.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career
He had received his training with Foyot in Paris, the Bristol Hotel, Paris, the Majestic in Cannes, and the Royal Hotel in Évian-les-Bains. In 1922, he and his family moved to Vienne, a city in southeast France near Lyon, and opened a restaurant. Two years later his father left the restaurant to Fernand, who renamed it La Pyramide.<ref>"On Cooking, Sarah Labensky, 2011</ref>
Point opened Restaurant de la Pyramide when he was 24, about Template:Convert south of Lyon in the town of Vienne. The restaurant was awarded three Michelin stars.Template:Citation needed
Ma Gastronomie
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His book Ma Gastronomie was first published in French in 1969. The book includes 200 recipes based on Point's notes. The chef Charlie Trotter described Point's Ma Gastronomie as the most important cookbook.<ref>An Interview with Chef Charlie Trotter Template:Webarchive Jennifer Iannolo - 15 Dec 2003</ref>
Publications
- Point, Fernand (2008) Ma Gastronomie, Rookery Press. Template:ISBN