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Marie-Antoine Carême
French chef ( or –)
For other people named Carême, see Carême (disambiguation).
Marie-Antoine Carême (French:[maʁiɑ̃twankaʁɛm]; 8 June or [n 1] 12 January ), known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century.
Carême was born in Paris to a poor family and, when still a child, worked in a cheap restaurant.
Marie-antoine carême childhood
Later he became an apprentice to a leading Parisian pâtissier and quickly became known for his patisserie skills. He was deeply interested in architecture and was famous for his large pièces montées table decorations sculpted in sugar, depicting classical buildings.
Working with leading chefs of the day, Carême extended his knowledge to cover all aspects of cooking, and became head chef to prominent people including Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Tsar Alexander I of Russia and the Prince Regent in Britain.
He codified and to some extent simplified classical French cookery,