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Roger Vergé
French chef and restaurateur
Roger Vergé (French pronunciation:[ʁɔʒevɛʁʒe]; 7 April 1930 – 5 June 2015) was a French chef and restaurateur.
He is considered one of the greatest chefs of his time.[citation needed] The Gault Millau described him as "the very incarnation of the great French chef for foreigners".[1]
Personal life
Roger Vergé was born 7 April 1930 in Commentry, which is a commune in the department of Allier in central France.[2]
His father was a blacksmith.
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He said he was inspired to learn cooking from his aunt Célestine, to whom he dedicated many of his books. He began work under Alexis Chanier at restaurant Le Bourbonnais in his aunt's hometown,[2] and trained at the Tour d'Argent and the Plaza Athénée, before leaving France to work in Africa.
He worked in the restaurant of Mansour de Casablanca (in Morocco), L'Oasis (in Algeria) and in Kenya. Back in Europe, he worked in the restaurants