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Georges Perrier (born 1943) is a French chef who emigrated to the United States in 1967 and lived in Philadelphia, where he founded and ran Le Bec-Fin and other restaurants, bars and cafés across the country.
Georges Perrier (né à Lyon le 10 décembre 1943), surnommé « The King Georges », est un chef de cuisine français qui s'est établi aux États-Unis en 1967. Il a notamment fondé et dirigé Le Bec-Fin à Philadelphie 1. Biographie.
Perrier landed in Philadephia in 1967 to become head chef of Peter von Starck’s La Panetière. Three years later, he opened his own restaurant in downtown Philadelphia. Perrier named the restaurant Le Bec-Fin, a French idiom for “the good taste.”. The small restaurant quickly became a Philadelphia institution.
Le Bec-Fin was a French restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that first opened in 1970. Owner and founder Georges Perrier named the restaurant after the French colloquialism for "fine palate". The restaurant had been rated America's finest French restaurant, and the Mobil Travel Guide traditionally awarded it five stars.
Chef Biography. Georges Perrier was born in 1943 in Lyon, France. At age 12, he created his first entrée, sweetbreads with mushrooms and madeira, and after the applause, he decided on his career which he began two years later at age 14.
26 lut 2016 · And its chef, Georges Perrier, a Lyon native, has had an unrivaled influence on cooking in Philadelphia and far beyond. Now there's a documentary to tell Perrier's story to a new audience.
King Georges is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Erika Frankel. The film follows world-renowned French chef Georges Perrier, and his downfall that saw his Philadelphia -based Le Bec-Fin restaurant shutter. [1]
