Guillaume Tirel

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"Taillevent" redirects here. For the restaurant, see Taillevent (restaurant).
Engraving based on the tomb of Guillaume Tirel (see original below) flanked by his two wives, and showing three stew-pots on his shield. Image extracted from the edition of Le Viandier by Baron Jérôme Pichon et Georges Vicaire (Paris, Techener, 1892)
Guillaume Tirel's tombstone at the church of fr:Église Saint-Léger de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Guillaume Tirel, known as Taillevent (

Dauphin de Viennois and his queux in 1349. In 1355 he became squire to the Duke of Normandy, in 1359 his queux and in 1361 his serjeant-at-arms. The Duke of Normandy became Charles V in 1368 and Tirel continued in his service. From 1381 he was in service to Charles VI
. Guillaume Tirel is generally considered one of the first truly "professional" master chefs. He died in 1395 at around 80 years of age.

He expanded a collection of recipes as

Burgundy.[3] Editions of Le Viandier may be found in the Library of Congress[4]
and other public collections.

Guillaume Tirel is still influencing cooking around the modern world. Today, many restaurants named "Taillevent" capitalize on the reputation of Guillaume Tirel. "Guillaume Tirel" was also the name of a catering business in Brussels (1989–1999)[citation needed]. Additionally, there is a hospitality school, the Lycée Hôtelier Guillaume Tirel, which has 4 training restaurants and focuses their practices on the foundations of Guillaume Tirel's work in Le Viander.[5]

Guillaume Tirel's tombstone is preserved at the church of Église Saint-Léger de Saint-Germain-en-Laye [fr]. He was buried in a tombstone created to show him wearing armour and carrying three cooking pots and a shield.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Cotgrave's 1611 French/English Dictionary". www.pbm.com.
  2. ^ a b c The 'Viandier' of Taillevent: An Edition of All Extant Manuscripts ed. by Terence Scully. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1989. pp. 113–115.
  3. ^ Johnson, pg. 127
  4. ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
  5. ^ "Lycee Hotelier Guillaume Tirel". Paris, Official website of the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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