Henri Gault

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Henri Gault (born November 4, 1929 in Pacy-sur-Eure , † July 9, 2000 in Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds , Département Vendée ) was a French gastronomy critic and journalist .

Career

Gault worked for the French evening newspaper Paris-Presse , where he met Christian Millau (1928-2017). Both devoted themselves to culinary topics. The Paris restaurant guide Guide Juillard, first published in 1962, developed from this . From 1969 Gault and Millau published the Gault Millau restaurant guide .

Millau and Gault coined the term “ nouvelle cuisine ” around 1972 together with their friend André Gayot (* 1929) .

Gault's fondness for good cuisine stemmed from the hunger he suffered during World War II . He called it the "late revenge" on hunger. The reviews of Gault and Millaus received a lot of attention because they often used cynical sarcastic criticism of cooks. 1986 Gault left Gault Millau .

He died in western France in 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henri Gault . Who's Who , accessed August 7, 2017.
  2. ^ History ( Memento from May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ gaultmillau.de: History
  4. ^ Nouvelle Cuisine. In: Effilee . October 31, 2007, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; accessed on August 7, 2017 . About Us - History: André Gayot . Gayot.com, accessed August 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Dominik Reinle: November 4th, 2009 - 80 years ago: Henri Gault is born . WDR broadcast “Stichtag”, November 4, 2009, accessed on August 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ wdr.de: November 4th, 2009 - 80 years ago: Henri Gault is born
personal data
SURNAME Gault, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French gastronomic critic and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Pacy-sur-Eure
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2000
Place of death Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds , Vendée department