La Maison Troisgros

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Café - Epicerie Le Central in Roanne

La Maison Troisgros is a Michelin Guide three-starred restaurant, named "Le Bois sans Feuilles" in Roanne, France north west of the city of Lyon. Head chef, Michel Troisgros of the Troisgros family, runs the hotel/restaurant along with his wife Marie-Pierre.

In 1930, Burgundy native Jean-Baptiste Troisgros moved to Roanne with his wife, Marie, and bought a small hotel. She did the cooking, he oversaw the house.

Marie and Jean-Baptiste had two chef sons, Jean and Pierre. Michel Trosgros is one of two chef sons (the other is Claude) of Pierre. In this generation Michel is the cook and his wife Marie-Pierre (they met while she was studying hotel management in Grenoble) looks after the house, the decor and the shop.

Michel Troisgros

The restaurant was voted 25th best in the world in 2008's The World's 50 Best Restaurants.[1]

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  1. ^ "Troisgros". The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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