Background
BLANC, Georges was born on January 2, 1943 in Bourg-en-Bresse. Son of Jean Blanc and Paule Blanc (nee Tisserand).
chef author and business executive
BLANC, Georges was born on January 2, 1943 in Bourg-en-Bresse. Son of Jean Blanc and Paule Blanc (nee Tisserand).
In 1962, he graduated at the École Hôtlière of Thonon-les-Bains in Haute-Savoie.
Before becoming interested in working as a chef he worked as a flight attendant for Air France, traveling all over the world during one summer. In 1965, after working in a number of renowned places, he did his military service as a chef to Amiral Vedel on the Foch and Clémenceau aircraft carriers. He joined the family business (started in 1872) working with his mother Paulette and then succeeded her in 1968 at the age of twenty five.
He transformed the hotel into a luxury hotel with the subsequent development of adjacent properties into a gourmet village.
In 1970, he came third in the best sommeliers of France contest and was a finalist in the Meilleur Ouvrier de France contest in Paris in 1976. In 1981, he received his third Michelin star and the title of Chef of the Year in the Gault et Millau guide.
In 1990, Georges Blanc bought the bakery and grocery store from the Charvet-Guyennet family to create the Ancienne Auberge. He also opened seventeen houses around his restaurant at the center of Vonnas to create his "village gourmand" (hotels, restaurants, shops, etc).
Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Cuisine Frangaise 1986.