Joël Robuchon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joël Robuchon

French chef

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 06-Aug-2018

Profession: restaurateur, chef, non-fiction writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation: ?[???l ??by??~], 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.
He operated more than a dozen restaurants in Bangkok, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Monaco, Montreal, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, and New York City, with the highest record of a total of 32 Michelin Guide stars among them (31 at the time of his death), the most of any chef in the world.