The restaurant of famed French chef Paul Bocuse, who died almost two years ago, has lost the coveted Michelin three-star rating it had held since 1965, the guide said on January 17. The restaurant will now have a two-star rating after the Michelin Guide said the food quality was "no longer at the level of three stars".

Pope of French cuisine loses three-star rating, Culinary community angered by Michelin

<p>Paul Bocuse, one of France`s most celebrated chefs, has died at the age of 91, the interior minister said on Saturday.</p>

<p>Bocuse was an early exponent of &quot;nouvelle cuisine&quot;, which reinterpreted traditional French cooking using less butter and cream and focusing on fresh ingredients and stylish presentation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced Bocuse&#39;s death on his official Twitter feed.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="fr">Paul Bocuse est mort, la Gastronomie est en deuil.<br />
Monsieur Paul, c&rsquo;&eacute;tait la France. Simplicit&eacute; &amp; g&eacute;n&eacute;rosit&eacute;. Excellence &amp; art de vivre.<br />
Le pape des gastronomes nous quitte. Puissent nos chefs, &agrave; Lyon, comme aux quatre coins du monde, longtemps cultiver les fruits de sa passion. <a href="https://t.co/XI0ozzzGJK">pic.twitter.com/XI0ozzzGJK</a></p>
&mdash; G&eacute;rard Collomb (@gerardcollomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/gerardcollomb/status/954687723360739328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>&quot;Paul Bocuse is dead... The pope of gastronomy has left us,&quot; posted Collomb, a former mayor of Bocuse`s home city of Lyon.&nbsp;</p>


Bocuse was an early exponent of "nouvelle cuisine", which reinterpreted traditional French cooking

Paul Bocuse, one of France`s most celebrated chefs, has died at the age of 91, the interior minister said on Saturday. Bocuse was an early exponent of "nouvelle cuisine", which reinterpreted traditional French cooking using less butter and cream and focusing on fresh ingredients and stylish presentation. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced Bocuse's death on his official Twitter feed. Paul Bocuse est mort, la Gastronomie est en deuil. Monsieur Paul, c’était la France. Simplicité & générosité. Excellence & art de vivre. Le pape des gastronomes nous quitte. Puissent nos chefs, à Lyon, comme aux quatre coins du monde, longtemps cultiver les fruits de sa passion. pic.twitter.com/XI0ozzzGJK — Gérard Collomb (@gerardcollomb) January 20, 2018 × "Paul Bocuse is dead... The pope of gastronomy has left us," posted Collomb, a former mayor of Bocuse`s home city of Lyon.

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Pope of French cuisine loses three-star rating, Culinary community angered by Michelin

Top French chef Paul Bocuse dies at 91