Albert Roux, Chef Who Brought French Cuisine to London, Dies at 85

Albert Roux, the French-born chef whose London restaurant Le Gavroche was the primary in Britain to earn three Michelin stars, died on Monday. He was 85.

His demise was confirmed in an announcement on the restaurant’s web site, citing Mr. Roux’s household.

The assertion stated that Mr. Roux “had been unwell for a while.” It didn’t give a reason behind demise or say the place he had died.

Mr. Roux and his brother, Michel Roux, who died final 12 months, introduced wonderful eating to a brand new degree in London with the opening of Le Gavroche in 1967 on Lower Sloane Street in Chelsea. It was named after the fictional boy character, or the “urchin,” in Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables.”

It was the one restaurant to supply basic French cooking in London on the time.

Le Gavroche was the primary restaurant in Britain to be awarded one, two after which three Michelin stars, and it was the primary Michelin-rated restaurant to supply a set-price lunch. It was awarded its third Michelin star in 1982.

The restaurant, which moved to Mayfair in 1982, at present has two Michelin stars.

“He was a mentor for so many people in the hospitality industry, and a real inspiration to budding chefs, including me,” Mr. Roux’s son, Michel Roux Jr., who has run the restaurant since 1991, stated within the assertion.

Albert and Michel Roux have been made honorary officers of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.

The Michelin Guide for Britain said on Twitter that Mr. Roux was “a father of the U.K. restaurant industry and his legacy will live on through the many chefs who passed through his kitchen.”

Among these cooks have been Pierre Koffmann, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay. In an Instagram put up on Wednesday, Mr. Ramsay described Mr. Roux as a “legend, the man who installed Gastronomy in Britain.”

A full obituary will probably be printed quickly.