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French chef (1942–2024)

Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch (1942 – 30 September 2024) was a French chef perhaps best known for her stint as the first female chef for the President of France.

Culinary career

From the 1970s, Mazet-Delpeuch was a culinary teacher, and was noted as a pioneer of culinary tourism in France. She eventually got the attention of Joël Robuchon, who recommended her to then French President François Mitterrand. She served as Mitterrand's personal chef from 1988 to 1990. In that role, she cooked dinners for Mitterrand's family, as well as guests such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher.

Ten years after her stint as Mitterrand's chef, Mazet-Delpeuch worked as a cook for a French research base in the Crozet islands for over a year. She applied for the job after seeing an advertisement online, and despite being told they were not looking for a woman or someone over the age of 50 (Mazet-Delpeuch was 60 at the time), she got the job.

Personal life and death

Mazet-Delpeuch was a native of the Périgord region of France. She died on 30 September 2024, at the age of 82.

Cultural depiction

  • A character based on Mazet-Delpeuch, named Hortense Laborie, was portrayed by Catherine Frot in the 2012 film Haute Cuisine. In France, the film is known as Les Saveurs du Palais.

Books

  • Carnets de cuisine: du Périgord a l'Elysee
  • Ma cuisine, de l'Elysée à l'Antarctique (2016)

References

  1. Smallwood, April (23 April 2013). "More than a president's chef". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. ^ Fine, Marshall (20 September 2013). "Interview: Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch's Life in Haute Cuisine". HuffPost. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ Peterson, Diane (11 April 2007). "For Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch, tasty, expensive, mysterious fungus is a delight to be shared among friends". The Press Democrat. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. "Ode to food's power serves palace intrigue with humanity". 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ Virbila, S. Irene (17 September 2013). "French film 'Haute Cuisine,' about Mitterrand's private cook, opens Friday". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  6. "L'ancienne cuisinière de François Mitterrand, Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, est décédée". Sud Oest. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. "Review: Les Saveurs du Palais (Haute Cuisine)". Montreal Gazette. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2019. If you like the film (and I suspect that many people will) you might be interested in Danièle Delpeuch's book, Carnets de cuisine, Du Périgord à l'Elysée, even if the film is based more on her life than on the book.
  8. "Ma cuisine, de l'Elysée à l'Antarctique". E.Leclerc (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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