Alexis Soyer
French-born Alexis Soyer was Britain's first celebrity chef. He was head chef at London's Reform Club, set up a soup kitchen in Dublin during the Irish Famine, wrote best-selling cookery books, invented sauces for Crosse and Blackwell, and revolutionised army catering
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12167393
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47680432
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2108px x 2739px
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Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
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Unattributed printed drawing
