Christian Dubois-Millot, pen name Christian Millau (, 30 December 1928 – 5 August 2017), was a French food critic and author. Born in Paris, he began his career as a journalist in the "interior policy" department of ''

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'' newspaper. In 1965 he founded the

Gault Millau Gault et Millau is a French restaurant guide. It was founded by two restaurant critics, Henri Gault and Christian Millau in 1965. Points system Gault Millau rates on a scale of 1 to 20, with 20 being the highest. Restaurants given below 10 poi ...

restaurant guide ''Le Nouveau Guide'' with Henri Gault and André Gayot. He launched the famed Gault & Millau guide in 1969 with Henri Gault, which helped galvanise the movement of young French chefs developing lighter, more inventive and beautiful looking dishes. Some 100,000 copies of the guide were sold that year. He was originally slated to be one of the judges at the historic Judgment of Paris

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event of 1976 but was replaced by his brother Claude Dubois-Millot. His friends announced his death on 7 August 2017 at the age of 88.

Published works

* (with Marianne Rufenacht) ''La Belle Époque à table'', Gault-Millau, 1981 * ''Dining in France'' Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1986 * ''La France à la carte'' Gault-Millau 1986 * ''The Best of San Francisco & Northern California'' Hungry Minds Inc. 1988 * ''The Best of Los Angeles'' Gault-Millau 1988 * ''The Best of London'' Gault-Millau 1990 * ''Les fous du palais: Drôle de voyage au pays des gourmands'' R. Laffont 1994 * ''The Best of Paris'' Gault-Millau 1994 * ''Au galop des hussards: Dans le tourbillon littéraire des années 50'' Fallois 1999
Grand Prix de l'

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de la biographie, Prize Joseph Kessel. * ''Paris m'a dit: Années 50, fin d'une époque'' Fallois 2000 * ''Bon baisers du goulag. Secrets de famille.'' PLON 2004 * ''Commissaire Corcoran'' Editions Feryane 2004 * ''Dieu est-il Gascon ?'' Le Rocher 2006 * ''Guide des restaurants fantômes. Ou les ridicules de la société française.'' Plon 2007 * ''Le passant de Vienne. Un certain Adolf'' Éditions du Rocher, 2010 * ''Journal impoli, 2011-1928'' Editions du Rocher 2011 * ''Dictionnaire d'un peu tout et n'importe quoi'', Editions du Rocher, 2013,

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