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The kitchen brigade (Brigade de cuisine, French pronunciation: [bʁiɡad də kɥizin]) is a system of hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, commonly referred to as "kitchen staff" in English-speaking countries. The concept was developed by Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935).
Escoffier apparently won her hand in a gamble with her father, publisher Paul Daffis, over a game of billiards. They had three children, Paul, Daniel (who was killed in World War I), and Germaine. She died on 6 February 1935. [14]: 99, 272 Escoffier died on 12 February 1935, at the age of 88. He is buried in the family vault at Villeneuve-Loubet.
One hierarchical system for organizing a restaurant's kitchen staff is the brigade de cuisine system developed by Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935).
The Savoy Hotel managed by César Ritz was an early hotel in which Escoffier worked, but much of his influence came during his management of the kitchens in the Carlton from 1898 until 1921. He created a system of "parties" called the brigade system, which separated the professional kitchen into five separate stations.
Sauciers-in-training. A saucier (French pronunciation:) or sauté chef is a position in the classical brigade style kitchen.It can be translated into English as sauce chef.In addition to preparing sauces, the saucier prepares stews, hot hors d'œuvres, and sautés food to order.
Various titles, detailed below, are given to those working in a professional kitchen and each can be considered a title for a type of chef. Many of the titles are based on the brigade de cuisine (or brigade system) documented by Auguste Escoffier, while others have a more general meaning depending on the individual kitchen.
The school is named after Auguste Escoffier, the French chef who is regarded as the father of modern haute cuisine, and known for creating the kitchen brigade system [citation needed], à la carte menu [citation needed] and the mother sauces [jargon] [citation needed]. The school is affiliated with the Auguste Escoffier Foundation, and Le Musee ...
Le Guide Culinaire (French pronunciation: [lə ɡid kylinɛːʁ]) is Georges Auguste Escoffier's 1903 French restaurant cuisine cookbook, his first. It is regarded as a classic and still in print.