Jean marie josselin biography of rory
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Jean-Marie Josselin was born in the skiing village of Chamonix, France to parents who were both doctors, his mother from Germany and father from Portugal.
Jean marie josselin biography of rory
He grew up in the French Alps peeling beans and milking cows. He also helped his grandmother in the kitchen, and to this day says “she was the queen of cooking”. At age 15 while serving an apprenticeship at L’Escargot, a local Chamonix bistro, he realized he liked what he was doing, and a chef was born.
He went to Paris to attend culinary school at Lychée Hôtelier de Paris and after graduation, his first job was as line cook at Montorgueuil in the old Les Halles quarter. As he worked his way up the kitchen ladder at Montorgueuil, he was approached by an American from St.
Louis, Missouri about working at his restaurant in the United States.
That became the springboard for the move to different cities and career opportunities. From St. Louis, he joined the Rosewood Hotel organization, first in 1984 as a chef at