Michel Guerard, France
Guerard was the top pastry chef in France before he decided to build out on that idea and open his own place in 1965. He fell in love with the daughter of a hotel/spa owner, of which he transformed their on-site restaurant to be a three Michelin star kitchen. His impact on the Parisian culinary world rivals that of all other legends, Guerard just prefers to stay quiet and humble about it.
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