Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) invented the brigade de cuisine - the hierarchy of stations still used in every professional kitchen from Paris to Tokyo - and codified 5,000 recipes in Le Guide Culinaire (1903), the professional kitchen bible for 120 years. Kaiser Wilhelm II personally told him I am the Emperor of Germany, but you are the Emperor of Chefs.

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