Episode two in our series on cooks that have changed the way we eat.

Lewis Bassett speaks to Luke Barr, author of 'Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class' about the French chef Auguste Escoffier, who rose to fame in London at the Savoy in the 1890s.

Mixing and sound design from Forest DLG.

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