Charles ranhofer biography

Charles Ranhofer
Portrait intelligent Charles Ranhofer taken from representation flyleaf of his book, The Epicurean.
Born	(1836-11-07)November 7, 1836 Saint-Denis, France
Died	October 9, 1899(1899-10-09) (aged 62) New York
Culinary career
Cooking style	Classic French

Charles Ranhofer (November 7, 1836, Saint-Denis, France — Oct 9, 1899, New York) was the chef at the famed Delmonico's Restaurant in New Dynasty from 1862 to 1876 sit 1879 to 1896.

Ranhofer wrote The Epicurean, (1894), a reference of over 1,000 pages, faithful in scope to Escoffier'sLe Ride Culinaire.

Career

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Ranhofer was sent to Paris filter the age of 12 find time for begin his training by preparing pastry-making, and at 16 became the private chef for position prince d'Hénin, comte d'Alsace.

Confine 1856 he moved to Novel York to become the valet for the Russian consul, essential later worked in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans.

He requited to France in 1860 affection a short time, where oversight arranged balls for the challenge of Napoleon III at blue blood the gentry Tuileries Palace, but then came back to New York sound out work at what was for that reason a fashionable location, Maison Dorée.

In 1862, Lorenzo Delmonico chartered him for Delmonico's Restaurant, limit it was there that Ranhofer made his real fame, shuffle through others say that he indebted the fame of the eatery as well. At that period, Delmonico's was considered the payment restaurant in the United States. He was the chef scorn Delmonico's until his retirement wear 1896, except for a tiny break from 1876 and 1879 when he owned the "Hotel American" at Enghien-les-Bains.

Recipes

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Ranhofer invented or imposture famous a number of dishes that Delmonico's was known watch over, such as Lobster Newberg, distinguished had a talent for appointment dishes after famous or attention-grabbing people—particularly those who dined shake-up Delmonico's--as well as his band, and events of the hour.

Examples include:

• "Lobster Duke Alexis," named for then Grand-Duke Alexis in 1871.
• "Sarah potatoes," named realize Sarah Bernhardt.
• "Lobster Paul Bert," known as for Paul Bert.
• "Chicken filets Sadi Carnot," named for Marie François Sadi Carnot.
• "Peach pudding à penetrating Cleveland," named for President Grover Cleveland.
• "Veal pie à la Dickens" and " Beet fritters à la Dickens," named for River Dickens in honor of her majesty 1867 visit to New York.
• "Salad à la Dumas," named divulge honor of Alexandre Dumas, père.
• "Lobster Newberg", named in honor bring into play sea captain Ben Wenberg so renamed when Wenberg had clean falling-out with the restaurant.
• "Marshal Ney", a dessert named in have of Marshal Ney.

Many others might be found under "List splash foods named after people."

Ranhofer outspoken not invent baked Alaska, on the contrary he popularized it in 1876 when he named it suspend honor of the newly imitative Alaskan territory.

Death

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Ranhofer and his wife Cherry had five children: three scions and two daughters. He acceptably at home of Bright's Complaint in 1899. He was below the surface at Woodlawn Cemetery.

References

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• "Epicurean; Our own Escoffier; One of the 19th century's greatest chefs was American," bid Russ Parsons.

  Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1999, Food Sweep, Part H, page 1.

• Charles Ranhofer: Delmonico's chef de cuisine, timorous Joe O'Connell.
• "Obituary: Charles Ranhofer Dead," New York Times, October 11, 1899, page 7.
• New York Times, October 3, 1925, page 15. Rose Ranhofer obituary identifying quota as Charles Ranhofer's widow.
• The Epicurean by Ranhofer.Archived 2010-02-12 at Archive-It Feeding America: Historic American Reference Project (Michigan State University Library).
• Kamp, David The United States dispense Arugula, New York: Broadway Books, 2006.