{"death_date": "1935", "name": "Auguste Escoffier", "birth_date": "1846", "key": "/authors/OL535484A", "source_records": ["amazon:0343059630", "ia:b21525912", "bwb:9798710310557", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-05-16", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-09-02:KU-725-916", "bwb:9781443758673", "bwb:9781729508664", "ia:escoffiercookboo0000unse"], "bio": "Escoffier was called \"the emperor of chefs\" and \"emperor of the world's kitchens\" by Emperor William II of Germany.  He modernized and codified the elaborate haute cuisine created by Marie-Antoine Car\u00eame, and developed the 'brigade de cuisine,' system of kitchen organization.\r\n\r\nEscoffier was chef at the Carlton Hotel in London, the Grande National Hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Grand Hotel in Monte Carlo, the Savoy in London and the Ritz hotels in Paris and New York City. His books include 'Guide Culinaire' and 'Ma Cuisine.'\r\n\r\n--Foodreference.com", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "62536916", "wikidata": "Q313744", "isni": "0000000109082186", "lc_naf": "n79066476", "librivox": "9856", "opac_sbn": "CFIV023785"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Georges Auguste Escoffier", "george-auguste escoffier", "Escoffier", "A. Escoffier", "Escoffier Auguste", "A. (Auguste) 1846-1935 Escoffier", "Auguste ESCOFFIER", "August Escoffier", "G. a. Escoffier", "Aguste Escoffier", "a. escoffier"], "personal_name": "A. Escoffier", "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-02-17T15:55:09.599206"}}