Prosper Montagné

Prosper Montagné (; born Paul Marius Octave Prosper on 14 November 1865 – 22 April 1948), was a French chef of the Belle Époque and a culinary writer. He wrote books and articles on food, cooking, and gastronomy, including ''Larousse Gastronomique'' (1938), an encyclopedic dictionary about French culinary arts.

Montagné was one of the most influential French chefs of the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, he, his friend Auguste Escoffier, and Philéas Gilbert (their close friend and collaborator, and an acclaimed chef and writer), were the French chefs and culinary writers esteemed above others by many French journalists and writers. After Montagné's death, the chef and author Alfred Guérot's description of the troika as the "celebrated contemporary culinary trinity: Auguste Escoffier, the father; Philéas Gilbert, the son; Prosper Montagné, the spirit" reflects the reverence in which all three were held by the French culinary community. Provided by Wikipedia