What is Paul Bocuse?
{{Infobox chef <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox chef/doc]] --> | name = Paul Bocuse | image = Paul Bocuse2.jpg | caption = in [[Stavanger]] 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|11}} | birth_place = [[Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or]], France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|1|20|1926|2|11}} | death_place = [[Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or]], France | style = [[Nouvelle cuisine]] | ratings = [[Michelin star]]s {{Michelinstar|3}} | restaurants = ''l'Auberge du Pont de Collonges'' | prevrests = | television = | awards = | website = http://www.bocuse.fr/ }} '''Paul Bocuse''' ({{IPA-fr|pɔl bokyz|pron}}) (11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a [[French people|French]] [[chef]]. He was raised in [[Lyon]]. He was famous for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. Bocuse was one of the most prominent chefs associated with the ''[[nouvelle cuisine]]'', which is less opulent and calorific than the traditional ''[[cuisine classique]]'', and stresses the importance of fresh ingredients of the highest quality. Paul Bocuse claimed that [[Henri Gault]] first used the term, ''nouvelle cuisine'', to describe food prepared by Bocuse and other top chefs for the maiden flight of the [[Concorde]] airliner in 1969.<ref>''France on a Plate'' [[BBC Four]] TV programme 1 December 2008</ref> Bocuse died of [[Parkinson's disease]] on 20 January 2018 in [[Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or]] in [[France]] at the age of 91<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Bocuse, le pape de la gastronomie, est mort|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/gastronomie/paul-bocuse-le-pape-de-la-gastronomie-est-mort-20-01-2018-2188235_82.php|website=Le Point|access-date=20 January 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Grimes|first1=William|title=Paul Bocuse, Celebrated French Chef, Dies at 91|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/obituaries/paul-bocuse-dead.html?emc=edit_na_20180120&nl=breaking-news&nlid=72995439&ref=headline|website=The New York Times|access-date=20 January 2018|date=2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {