Jean-Claude Vrinat was the owner of the Taillevent restaurant

Taillevent (restaurant)

Taillevent is the name of a restaurant in Paris, founded in 1946 by André Vrinat.-Origin:The restaurant was named in a tribute to Guillaume Tirel, called Taillevent, a cook in the 14th century known to have written the first cuisine book in French, Le Viandier, ordered by Charles V of France "the...

 founded by his father André Vrinat in Paris

Paris

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. This two star

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 restaurant, named after the court chef to King Charles V in the fourteenth century, has long been considered the epitome of Haute Cuisine

Haute cuisine

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 and is also known for its excellent service and its comprehensive wine list. It held three stars from 1973 to 2007.

He served as a judge in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976.

Born in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque

Villeneuve-l'Archevêque

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 near Chablis

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 in Bourgogne

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, Vrinat was educated by the Oratorians

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 and received his diploma from HEC Paris

HEC School of Management

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 (l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in 1959. He joined his father at the Taillevent in 1962 and inherited the restaurant on 3 September 1972. Vrinat branched out into retail wine sales with a shop called Les Caves Taillevent in 1987. He opened a smaller second Parisian restaurant L'Angle du Faubourg in March 2001.

Vrinat died of lung cancer

Lung cancer

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 at a Parisian hospital on January 7, 2008, at the age of 71. His funeral will be held at Église de la Madeleine

Église de la Madeleine

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 in central Paris. Vrinat was survived by his wife, Sabine, and one daughter.

External links

• Obituary, The Times
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  : Jean-Claude Vrinat, Restaurateur who owned Taillevent, one of the grandest traditional establishments in Paris