Celebrated French chef Joël Robuchon dies after setting record for Michelin stars

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      One of the world's most famous and respected chefs has passed away.

      Joël Robuchon was 73 when he died at his home in Geveva after contracting pancreatic cancer.

      The former Paris restaurateur is the third international celebrity of the food world to die over the past two months.

      CNN TV host and author Anthony Bourdain died of suicide in June and U.S. food critic Jonathan Gold passed away from pancreatic cancer the following month.

      Robuchon collected 32 Michelin stars—more than any other chef—at his various dining establishments around the world.

      The Gault et Millau cooking guide once named him chef of the century.

      Robuchon was a perfectionist who led a movement in France to return to more authentic cooking that highlighted the individual flavours.

      As a result, he used fewer ingredients than many of his contemporaries in the 1980s.

      This video by Time shows how Robuchon pioneered the introduction of ateliers.

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