A leading figure of “Nouvelle Cuisine” in the 1970s, considered by many as one of the best chefs of the 20th century, Michel Guérard passed away during the night of Sunday, August 18 to Monday, August 19, as announced by his entourage.
He had held three Michelin stars since 1977 with his hotel-restaurant “Les Prés d’Eugénie” in Eugénie-les-Bains (Landes).
A champion of “grande cuisine minceur,” he was undoubtedly the one who embodied with the most creativity the generation of “Nouvelle Cuisine,” a pivotal movement in the French gastronomic renewal of the early 1970s, of which he was the last living legend following the passing of his friends Paul Bocuse, Pierre and Jean Troisgros, Roger Vergé, Alain Chapel, and Alain Senderens.
Gastronomie France
