L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges (), also known as Paul Bocuse () or simply Bocuse, is a restaurant in the town of
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (; ) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central-eastern France. It is situated just north of Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the co ...
north of
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
,
France
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.
Its chef was
Paul Bocuse
Paul François Pierre Bocuse (; 11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a French chef based in Lyon known for the quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. Dubbed "the pope of gastronomy", he was affectionately nick ...
, who made it one of the most famous restaurants in the world.
Bocuse died in 2018 in the same room above his restaurant in which he was born in 1926, back when it was his grandparents' restaurant.
Paul Bocuse took over from his father Georges in 1956, earning his first
Michelin star in 1958, a second in 1962, then a third in 1965. The restaurant lost its 3-star rating in the 2020 Michelin Guide after holding it for a record 55 years; the downgrade back to two Michelin stars following Bocuse's death soon became controversial.
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Michelin-starred restaurants in France
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