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Fabrice Desvignes (), born in 1973, is a French
chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...
, and winner of the 2007
Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d'Or (the ''Concours mondial de la cuisine'', World Cooking Contest) is a biennial world chef championship. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, the event takes place during two days near the end of January in Lyon, France, at the SIRHA Inter ...
.Bremner, Charles. Tourres, Marie. ''The Times'' (January 29, 2007)
We were whipped by cheat chef, say the losing cooks
/ref> Desvignes is a second chef at the Présidence du Sénat in
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.Bjørn, Else, ''AOKK.dk'' (January 2007)
Else Bjørns noter og nyt fra januar 2007
Desvignes's prize-winning dish was a ''volaille de Bresse truffée'' (truffled Bresse chicken). During the course of the contest, a late delivery of two metal containers to Desvignes became the subject of controversy, with allegations made of cheating by smuggling precooked ingredients into the final. A contest director responded that the containers were delivered to Desvignes two minutes before he started work because snow delayed their overnight arrival, and these contained
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and ''
foie gras Foie gras (, ; ) is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. According to French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding). Foie gras is a popular and well-known delicacy ...
'', which were not prohibited. He is the son of the French chef Annie Desvignes.


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