Biography of gaston len tre

  • biography of gaston len tre

    • Gaston Lenôtre

    French pastry chef

    Gaston Lenôtre (French pronunciation:[ɡastɔ̃lənotʁ], born 28 May 1920, died 8 January 2009) was a French pastry chef. He is known as a possible creator of the opera cake (gâteau opéra),[1][2] the founder of Lenôtre a culinary empire, whose brand includes restaurants, catering services, retail concerns and cooking schools, as well as one of the three founders with Paul Bocuse and Roger Verge of Les Chefs de France at Epcot in Orlando, Florida, US.

    Lenôtre compared the making of pastry to architecture, where structure, materials and precision are key for making great pastries.[3]

    Biography

    Lenôtre was born on a small farm in Normandy, in the commune of Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc. Both of his parents eventually moved the family to Paris and became restaurant workers. Lenôtre's mother worked as a pastry and general cook for a French baron and his father was a chef at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.[3&#