Alexis Soyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexis Soyer

French chef

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1810

Place of Birth: Meaux, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1858

Profession: chef, non-fiction writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 1810 – 5 August 1858) was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England.
He also tried to alleviate suffering of the Irish poor in the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), and contributed a penny for the relief of the poor for every copy sold of his pamphlet The Poor Man's Regenerator (1847).
He worked to improve the food provided to British soldiers in the Crimean War.
A variant of the field stove he invented at that time, known as the "Soyer stove", remained in use with the British army until 1982.