Joel Robuchon Quotes
There is no such thing as the perfect meal; one can always do better.
Robuchon, Joël. Interview. Michelin Guide, Michelin North America, 2016.
This quotation illustrates a unique aspect about the FDR presidency. It was more open than any previous and most subsequent. Today, some enterprising reporter might find out that the President did not care for the food he was getting for breakfast and lunch and changes were being made. This would be an exclusive and then be echoed by the media. But Mrs. Roosevelt, not only let this type of thing “all hang out” but literally published the story herself. Although few White Houses have done this, it gave the Roosevelt White House one advantage. Since they were the first to report most stories, they could frame the issue before someone else—perhaps hostile could. And no one did this better than Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Nesbitt was the White House Chef, only since she was a woman she was called the “White House Cook”.
Joël Robuchon was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. He published several cookbooks, two of which have been translated into English, chaired the committee for the Larousse Gastronomique, and hosted culinary television shows in France. He operated more than a dozen restaurants across Bangkok, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Monaco, Montreal, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, and New York City. His restaurants have been acclaimed, and in 2016 he held 32 Michelin Guide stars among them, the most any restaurateur has ever held.
