Guillaume Tirel [SEP] place of birth
Guillaume Tirel
Guillaume Tirel, known as Taillevent (French: "wind-cutter" i.e. an idle swaggerer) (born ca. 1310 in Pont-Audemer – 1395), was an important figure in the early history of French cuisine. He was cook to the Court of France at the time of the first Valois kings and the Hundred Years' War. His first position was "enfant de cuisine" (kitchen boy) to Queen Jeanne d'Évreux. From 1326 he was "queux", head chef, to
Le Viandier
Le Viandier (often called Le Viandier de Taillevent, ) is a recipe collection generally credited to Guillaume Tirel, alias "Taillevent". However, the earliest version of the work was written around 1300, about 10 years before Tirel's birth. The original author is unknown, but it was common for medieval recipe collections to be plagiarized, complemented with additional material and presented as the work of later authors.
"Le Viandier" is one of the earliest and best-known recipe collections of the Middle