February 2011
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Georges Auguste Escoffier
by Chris Bruno
As a chef who received training in the classical French technique, I appreciate the enormous influence of Georges Auguste Escoffier. Born in 1846 in the Provence region of France, the young Escoffier moved to Nice at age 13 to learn the trade at his uncle’s restaurant. By the age of 19, he had become so proficient in restaurant management that he received an invitation to...
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Chris’s American Restaurant
An accomplished restaurateur with more than 20 years of experience in the field, Chris Bruno founded Chris’s American Restaurant in 1990. As the head chef and owner of the Brookfield, Connecticut-based restaurant, Chris Bruno operated the highest grossing restaurant in Connecticut for several years. After Chris Bruno purchased Chris’s American Restaurant at age 24 and ran it for nearly 20 years,...