Biography of eugenie brazier

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Eugenie Brazier at work

The rd birthday of Eugenie Brazier is being marked with a Google Doodle today in tribute to her achievements as the first woman to earn three Michelin stars.

Brazier revolutionised the culinary world, yet few people today know about her extraordinary career. So how did she become the so-called mother of French cooking?

Born in on a farm in La Trancliere, in eastern France, Brazier was inspired to become a cook by her mother, who died when she was just ten years old. The grieving child was then sent to work at another farm, where she developed her culinary skills.

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At the age of 19, Brazier had a child out of wedlock, prompting her father to kick her out. She went to Lyon, where she became a nanny during the First World War. Brazier also took over as the family cook and was soon working at La Mere Fillioux, a hig

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Eugénie Brazier

French chef (–)

Eugénie Brazier (12 June – 2 March ), known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in , became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier in the rue Royale, one of the main streets of Lyon, and a second, also called La Mère Brazier, outside the city. This achievement was unmatched until Alain Ducasse was awarded six stars with the publication of the Michelin Guide.

Born in La Tranclière in the French departement of Ain, near Lyon, Brazier was raised on a small farm, and entered domestic service in her teens. She learned to cook for her employers, and was taken on as a junior cook by the proprietor of a leading restaurant in Lyon. In she opened her own restaurant there, and having built the establishment into a nationally famous restaurant by the end of the decade, she opened a second in a converted chalet at the Col de la Luère in the foothills of the Massif Central above the city.

Brazier followed the traditions of Lyon's famous female cooks – the Mères lyonnaises – in avoiding over-elaborate dishes, preferring to offer fairly simple food of the highest quality. She influenced subsequent generations of French cooks, including Paul Bocuse and Bernard Pacaud, whom she trained at h