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Michel Roux, legendary French chef in UK restaurants, dies

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 2 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 10:26 AM

LONDON (AP) — Michel Roux, the French-born chef who had a profound influence on Britain's fine-dining habits, has died. He was 78.

In a statement Thursday, his son Alain and daughters Francine and Christine, announced his death and described Roux as a “humble genius.”

“We are grateful to have shared our lives with this extraordinary man and we're so proud of all he's achieved,” they said. “A humble genius, legendary chef, popular author and charismatic teacher, Michel leaves the world reeling in his wake.”

“For many, he was a father figure inspiring all with his insatiable appetite for life and irresistible enthusiasm,” they added. “But above all, we will miss his mischievous sense of fun, his huge, bottomless heart and generosity and kindness that knew no bounds.”

The chef had a longstanding lung condition, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Roux is perhaps best known as the founder of Le Gavroche in London with his older brother Albert in 1967. In 1972, he set up The Waterside Inn in Bray-on-Thames, around 30 miles (48 km) west of London. In 1985, The Waterside Inn received its third Michelin star. Roux's son Alain has been chef patron there since 2002.

Le Gavroche, which is now run by Albert's son, Michel Jr., also had three stars for more than a decade from 1982, before losing one.

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