“Jacques Pépin is a legendary chef well-known for his television shows, cookbooks, and iconic celebrity status. However, he’ll tell that when he began is life of cooking at the young age of 13 in the kitchens of France, chefs were on the bottom rung of the social ladder.”
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“Jacques Pépin is a legendary chef well-known for his television shows, cookbooks, and iconic celebrity status. However, he’ll tell that when he began is life of cooking at the young age of 13 in the kitchens of France, chefs were on the bottom rung of the social ladder. He learned countless lessons by fire – literally – and over the years he ended up working in some of the most unique kitchens in the world. Through cookbooks and television program, Jacques opened new doors for home cooks as he taught many of us new ways of looking at recipes and cooking techniques.”
