Marie Bourgeois (1870-1937) was a French
chef who gained
three Michelin stars from 1933 to 1937 for her restaurant in
Priay
Priay () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. People from Priay are known as ''Priaysiens''.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 comm ...
in the
Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
region, France.
Biography
Marie Bourgeois was born in
Villette-sur-Ain in 1870.
In the 1920s, she settled in a modest restaurant with her husband in Priay in the Ain region, 60 kilometers northeast of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
. In 1923, Bourgeois was the first woman to receive the award of the
Club des Cent
The Club des Cent ("Club of One Hundred") brings together distinguished gastronomes such as Curnonsky, Henri Gault, Christian Millau and Doyon. This club is also known as the Compagnons de Cocagne.
As its name indicates, the Club has exactly one ...
.
In 1927, she won first culinary prize in Paris and, six years later, in 1933, she received three stars from the Michelin Guide and kept them for four consecutive years.
Her best-known recipes were hot pie, fresh frogs and the
floating island
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Floating islands are a common natural phenomenon that are found in many parts of the world. They exist less co ...
with pink pralines.
After her death in 1937, her daughter took over her restaurant until 1951.
See also
Mères of France
References
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1870 births
1937 deaths
French chefs
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
People from Ain
Women chefs
Chefs from Lyon