[ad_1]
The former Belgian chef Pierre Romeyer, a great name in gastronomy, nicknamed "the Belgian Bocuse", died Thursday morning at the age of 88 near Brussels, announced one of his former collaborators , Eric Boschman.
" A pillar that was believed to be eternal of Belgian gastronomy went to join #PaulBocuse and the others for a final gala dinner #MercipourtoutChef ", wrote on Twitter this gastronomic columnist and Belgian sommelier.
Co-founder with the French Paul Bocuse of the badociation Euro-Toques, bringing together chefs from all over Europe, Pierre Romeyer had known the glory in the 80's when his restaurant " House of Mouth "in Hoeilaert, south of Brussels, had been honored with a third Michelin star, about 15 years after the first.
He had kept his three stars a decade, until when he retired in 1994.
" He was a bit like the Belgian Paul Bocuse.With Pierre Wynants (19459007)" Comme chez soi ") they were the first leaders in Belgium to publicize their work, to take the cook out of the kitchen ", commented Eric B oschman
" As Bocuse was a generous character with a real character, we could hate or worship him, but he could not leave indifferent ", added the sommelier who had worked between 1986 and 1988 with Pierre Romeyer
Anobli by King Albert II, the latter was also famous in Belgium for having been the appointed cook of the general commissioner of the World Fair, held in 1958 in Brussels.
Used to cooking for the great bosses, crowned heads and other high foreign dignitaries, Pierre Romeyer even once hosted German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's dinner at his private home. [19659004]
An anecdote told by the chief's wife, reported by the daily newspaper Le Soir in 1994.
" One day, the phone rings: it was Jacques Delors ( at the time President of the European Commission, Ed.) He wanted to meet 'someone important', the most incognito possible "said Romeyer.
His reputation was due in particular to his " lobster roll " and his " champagne iced salmon ", according to Eric Boschman, " a bit like Troisgros invented salmon with sorrel ". Pierre Romeyer died at his home in Overijse, according to the same source.
Paul Bocuse, pope of French gastronomy, died on January 20, 2018 at the age of 91 in his stronghold near Lyon (center-east of France), arousing a shower of tributes from around the world.
[ad_2]
Source link
