Alexis Gabriel Aïnouz, also known by the alias French Guy Cooking, is a French food

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. He makes cooking tutorials involving spins on French dishes with a focus on experimentation, and also makes short-form

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documenting his process of learning new techniques and recipes. He runs his YouTube channel in English to reach a wider audience, and promote French culinary culture abroad. Aïnouz is a self-taught cook with an

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background with experience in

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. He debuted on YouTube in 2013. His recipes for

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and

brioche Brioche (, also , , ) is a bread of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. Chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and e ...

were published by ''

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'' in London in 2018. He won the award for "Best Food" at the

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in 2019. He is a regular contributor to Milk Street Radio.

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* French YouTubers YouTube channels launched in 2013 Food and cooking YouTubers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people French people of Algerian descent {{YouTuber-stub