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'''Claude Lebey''' (20 November 1923 – 10 January 2017) was a French food critic and the author of ''Guide Lebey''.
'''Claude Lebey''' (20 November 1923 – 10 January 2017) was a French [[food critic]] and the author of ''Guide Lebey''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Claude Lebey was born on 20 November 1923.<ref name="lepointobit">{{cite news|title=Mort de Claude Lebey, fondateur du guide gastronomique éponyme|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/culture/mort-de-claude-lebey-fondateur-du-guide-gastronomique-eponyme-11-01-2017-2096369_3.php|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=Le Point|date=11 January 2017|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="lexpressobit">{{cite news|title=Mort de Claude Lebey, critique gastronomique et fondateur du guide Lebey|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/styles/saveurs/mort-de-claude-lebey-critique-gastronomique-et-fondateur-du-guide-lebey_1868183.html|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=L'Express|date=12 January 2017|language=fr}}</ref>
Claude Lebey was born on 20 November 1923.<ref name="lepointobit">{{cite news|title=Mort de Claude Lebey, fondateur du guide gastronomique éponyme|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/culture/mort-de-claude-lebey-fondateur-du-guide-gastronomique-eponyme-11-01-2017-2096369_3.php|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=Le Point|date=11 January 2017|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="lexpressobit">{{cite news|title=Mort de Claude Lebey, critique gastronomique et fondateur du guide Lebey|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/styles/saveurs/mort-de-claude-lebey-critique-gastronomique-et-fondateur-du-guide-lebey_1868183.html|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=L'Express|date=12 January 2017|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="teleramaobit">{{cite news|title=Le guide Lebey orphelin|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/recettes/cote-table/gastronomie-le-guide-lebey-orphelin-11-01-2017-11359433.php|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Télérama|date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Lebey began his career in the textile industry.<ref name="lepointobit"/> He later became a culinary critic for ''[[L'Express]]'', followed by [[Gault Millau]].<ref name="lepointobit"/> He was also the editor of cookbooks.<ref name="lepointobit"/> For example, he edited [[Michel Guérard]]'s cookbook.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="lexpressobit"/> In 1987, he began publishing the annual ''Guide Lebey des Restaurants de Paris'' and the ''Lebey des Bistrots de Paris et sa banlieue''.<ref name="lepointobit"/> He sold the Lebey brand to Gérald de Roquemaurel et Pierre-Yves Chupin in 2011.<ref name="lexpressobit"/>
Lebey began his career in the textile industry,<ref name="lepointobit"/> where he became a chief executive.<ref name="franceinterbio">{{cite web|title=CLAUDE LEBEY|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/claude-lebey|website=France Inter|accessdate=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116152017/https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/claude-lebey|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later became a culinary critic for ''[[L'Express]]'', followed by [[Gault Millau]].<ref name="lepointobit"/> He was also the editor of cookbooks.<ref name="lepointobit"/> For example, he edited [[Michel Guérard]]'s cookbook.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="lexpressobit"/> In 1987, he began publishing the annual ''Guide Lebey des Restaurants de Paris'' and the ''Lebey des Bistrots de Paris et sa banlieue''.<ref name="lepointobit"/> He sold the Lebey brand to Gérald de Roquemaurel et Pierre-Yves Chupin in 2011.<ref name="lexpressobit"/> A year later, he published his memoir.<ref name="parismatchatable">{{cite news|last1=Kallmann|first1=Sarah|title=Claude Lebey se met à table|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Livres/Claude-Lebey-se-met-a-table-159548|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Paris Match|date=June 4, 2012}}</ref>


Lebey was the founder of ''Le Club des croqueurs de chocolat'', a non-profit organization for "chocolate biters", in 1981.<ref name="lefigdanslescoulissesduclub">{{cite news|last1=Monsat|first1=Colette|title=Dans les coulisses du Club des croqueurs de chocolat|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/gastronomie/2016/03/26/30005-20160326ARTFIG00008-dans-les-coulisses-du-club-des-croqueurs-de-chocolat.php|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> With [[Jacques Pessis]], he was the co-founder of the ''Association de sauvegarde de l'oeuf mayonnaise'' (ASOM), a non-profit organization for the defense of egg mayonnaise, in 1990.<ref name="lefigbosio">{{cite news|last1=Bosio|first1=Alice|last2=de Saint Phale|first2=Hugo|last3=Monsat|first3=Colette|title=Les meilleurs œufs mayo de Paris|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2014/12/03/30004-20141203ARTFIG00026-les-meilleurs-oeufs-mayo-de-paris.php|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="lemondeloeufdanstoussesetats">{{cite news|last1=Ribaut|first1=Jean-Claude|title=L'oeuf dans tous ses états|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2008/02/20/l-oeuf-dans-tous-ses-etats_1013610_3238.html|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=February 20, 2008}}</ref> He was also the founder of ''Les Amis des bistrots parisiens'' and ''Le Club des amateurs de cigares de Havane''.<ref name="lepointobit"/>
Lebey was the founder of the ''[[Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat]]'', a non-profit organization for "chocolate biters", in 1981.<ref name="lefigdanslescoulissesduclub">{{cite news|last1=Monsat|first1=Colette|title=Dans les coulisses du Club des croqueurs de chocolat|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/gastronomie/2016/03/26/30005-20160326ARTFIG00008-dans-les-coulisses-du-club-des-croqueurs-de-chocolat.php|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> With [[Jacques Pessis]], he was the co-founder of the ''Association de sauvegarde de l'oeuf mayonnaise'' (ASOM), a non-profit organization for the defense of [[egg mayonnaise]], in 1990.<ref name="lefigbosio">{{cite news|last1=Bosio|first1=Alice|last2=de Saint Phale|first2=Hugo|last3=Monsat|first3=Colette|title=Les meilleurs œufs mayo de Paris|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2014/12/03/30004-20141203ARTFIG00026-les-meilleurs-oeufs-mayo-de-paris.php|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="lemondeloeufdanstoussesetats">{{cite news|last1=Ribaut|first1=Jean-Claude|title=L'oeuf dans tous ses états|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2008/02/20/l-oeuf-dans-tous-ses-etats_1013610_3238.html|accessdate=January 13, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=February 20, 2008}}</ref> He was also the founder of ''Les Amis des bistrots parisiens'' and ''Le Club des amateurs de cigares de Havane''.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="franceinterbio"/>

Lebey ate in restaurants 300 times a year.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="teleramaobit"/>


==Death==
==Death==
Lebey died on 10 January 2017 in [[Provence]], at the age of 93.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="lexpressobit"/>
Lebey died on 10 January 2017 in [[Provence]], at the age of 93.<ref name="lepointobit"/><ref name="lexpressobit"/><ref name="teleramaobit"/> Upon his death, chef [[Yannick Alléno]] called him "a visionary".<ref name="lepointobit"/>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
*{{cite book|last1=Lebey|first1=Claude|title=Le petit Lebey des bistrots parisiens|date=1987|publisher=Albin Michel|location=Paris}}
*{{cite book|last1=Lebey|first1=Claude|title=Guide Lebey des restaurants de Paris|date=1987|publisher=Albin Michel|location=Paris}}
*{{cite book|last1=Lebey|first1=Claude|title=L'Inventaire du patrimoine culinaire de la France|publisher=Albin Michel|location=Paris|volume=1-20}}
*{{cite book|last1=Lebey|first1=Claude|title=À table! : La vie intrépide d'un gourmet redoutable|date=2012|publisher=Albin Michel|location=Paris|isbn=9782226240187|oclc=793946280}}
*{{cite book|last1=Lebey|first1=Claude|title=À table! : La vie intrépide d'un gourmet redoutable|date=2012|publisher=Albin Michel|location=Paris|isbn=9782226240187|oclc=793946280}}


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Latest revision as of 23:38, 3 December 2021

Claude Lebey
Born(1923-11-20)20 November 1923
Died10 January 2017(2017-01-10) (aged 93)
Provence, France
OccupationFood critic

Claude Lebey (20 November 1923 – 10 January 2017) was a French food critic and the author of Guide Lebey.

Early life

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Claude Lebey was born on 20 November 1923.[1][2][3]

Career

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Lebey began his career in the textile industry,[1] where he became a chief executive.[4] He later became a culinary critic for L'Express, followed by Gault Millau.[1] He was also the editor of cookbooks.[1] For example, he edited Michel Guérard's cookbook.[1][2] In 1987, he began publishing the annual Guide Lebey des Restaurants de Paris and the Lebey des Bistrots de Paris et sa banlieue.[1] He sold the Lebey brand to Gérald de Roquemaurel et Pierre-Yves Chupin in 2011.[2] A year later, he published his memoir.[5]

Lebey was the founder of the Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat, a non-profit organization for "chocolate biters", in 1981.[6] With Jacques Pessis, he was the co-founder of the Association de sauvegarde de l'oeuf mayonnaise (ASOM), a non-profit organization for the defense of egg mayonnaise, in 1990.[7][8] He was also the founder of Les Amis des bistrots parisiens and Le Club des amateurs de cigares de Havane.[1][4]

Lebey ate in restaurants 300 times a year.[1][3]

Death

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Lebey died on 10 January 2017 in Provence, at the age of 93.[1][2][3] Upon his death, chef Yannick Alléno called him "a visionary".[1]

Selected works

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  • Lebey, Claude (1987). Le petit Lebey des bistrots parisiens. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • Lebey, Claude (1987). Guide Lebey des restaurants de Paris. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • Lebey, Claude. L'Inventaire du patrimoine culinaire de la France. Vol. 1–20. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • Lebey, Claude (2012). À table! : La vie intrépide d'un gourmet redoutable. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN 9782226240187. OCLC 793946280.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mort de Claude Lebey, fondateur du guide gastronomique éponyme". Le Point (in French). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mort de Claude Lebey, critique gastronomique et fondateur du guide Lebey". L'Express (in French). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Le guide Lebey orphelin". Télérama. January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "CLAUDE LEBEY". France Inter. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Kallmann, Sarah (June 4, 2012). "Claude Lebey se met à table". Paris Match. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Monsat, Colette (March 26, 2016). "Dans les coulisses du Club des croqueurs de chocolat". Le Figaro. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Bosio, Alice; de Saint Phale, Hugo; Monsat, Colette (December 3, 2014). "Les meilleurs œufs mayo de Paris". Le Figaro. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  8. ^ Ribaut, Jean-Claude (February 20, 2008). "L'oeuf dans tous ses états". Le Monde. Retrieved January 13, 2017.