Georges Blanc

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Georges Blanc (chef)

Georges Blanc (born January 2, 1943 in in Bourg-en-Bresse in the department of Ain) is a French chef and restaurateur, with three Michelin stars and four toques from the guide Gault et Millau.

Private life

Georges Blanc the son of Jean and Paulette Blanc. He has an older sister who was born in 1933. His grandmother Élisa died at her homeplace in Vonnas at the age of 66. His sons Frédéric and Alexandre Blanc support the family business.

Career

In 1962, he graduated at the École Hôtlière of Thonon-les-Bains in Haute-Savoie. Before becoming interested in working as a chef he worked as a flight attendant for Air France, traveling all over the world during one summer.

In 1965, after working in a number of renowned places, he did his military service as a chef to Amiral Vedel on the Foch and Clémenceau aircraft carriers. He joined the family business (started in 1872) working with his mother Paulette and then succeeded her in 1968 at the age of twenty five. He transformed the hotel into a luxury hotel with the subsequent development of adjacent properties into a gourmet village.

Georges Blanc (pilot)

Adjutant Georges Pierre Blanc was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

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