Christian Dubois-Millot, pen name Christian Millau (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ mijo], 30 December 1928 – 5 August 2017), was a French food critic and author.

Born in Paris, he began his career as a journalist in the "interior policy" department of Le Monde newspaper.[1] In 1965 he founded the Gault Millau restaurant guide Le Nouveau Guide with Henri Gault and André Gayot.[2] He launched the famed Gault & Millau guide in 1969 with Henri Gault, which helped galvanise the movement of young French chefs developing lighter, more inventive and beautiful looking dishes. Some 100,000 copies of the guide were sold that year.[3] He was originally slated to be one of the judges at the historic Judgment of Paris wine tasting event of 1976 but was replaced by his brother Claude Dubois-Millot.[4]

His friends announced his death on 7 August 2017 at the age of 88.[5][6]

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References

  1. ^ "Mort de Christian Millau, journaliste et co-fondateur du Gault & Millau" [Death of Christian Millau, journalist and co-founder of Gault & Millau] (in French). Pure Médias. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ Taber, George M. (13 September 2005). The Judgment of Paris: California vs France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine. Scribner. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7432-4751-1.
  3. ^ "Christian Millau, French restaurant guide author, dies at 88". SF Gate. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ Taber 2005, p. 160
  5. ^ "French food critic who roused appetite for nouvelle cuisine dies". Yahoo News. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ^ "French food critic, Christian Millau, dies aged 88". The Local. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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