"Napoleon’s Chef" Topic
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Tango01  | 25 Aug 2025 5:04 p.m. PST |
"Abandoned by his parents in Paris in 1794 at the height of the French Revolution, he worked as a kitchen boy at a cheap Parisian chophouse in exchange for room and board. In 1798, he was formally apprenticed to Sylvain Bailly, a famous pâtissier with a shop near the Palais-Royal. The post-revolutionary Palais Royal was a high profile, fashionable neighborhood filled with vibrant life and bustling crowds. Bailly recognized his talent and ambition. By the time he was prepared to leave Bailly, he could stipulate that he should be free to leave his new employer when a better offer came along. He opened his shop, the Pâtisserie de la rue de la Paix, which he maintained until 1813. Today's parade of wannabe chefs putrifying our TV screens would make this exceptional man turn in his grave! He was the first celebrity chef and a master of the culinary arts. Carême gained fame in Paris for his pièces montées, elaborate constructions used as centerpieces, which Bailly displayed in the pâtisserie window. He made these confections, which were sometimes several feet high, entirely out of foodstuffs such as sugar, marzipan, and pastry. He modeled them on temples, pyramids, and ancient ruins, taking ideas from architectural history books that he studied at the nearby Bibliothèque Nationale, thanks to the enlightened attitude of his first employer Bailly. He is credited with the inventions of gros nougats and grosses meringues, croquantes, made of almonds and honey, and solilemmes…" More here
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This year movie about him… link Armand |
| reggie88 | 26 Aug 2025 10:08 a.m. PST |
Interesting. I also posted a comment about the show "Careme", and asked if anybody else was watching it? But got no response. It is more espionage in the show, then I would have imagined. The show makes him part James Bond, part Auguste Escoffier. But I like all of the Napoleonic political current events, and the Napoleonic who's who. For all Napoleon lovers, it is a show that I recommend! |
| Tango01 | 26 Aug 2025 4:35 p.m. PST |
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| reggie88 | 27 Aug 2025 9:29 a.m. PST |
Also, looks like Season 1 ends, with him getting ready to join the 1805 Campaign. |
| Tango01 | 27 Aug 2025 4:49 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.