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    Ludo Lefebvre: Joël Robuchon's impact

    French chef Joël Robuchon has died of cancer at age 73. Throughout the course of his landmark career, the chef accrued more than 30 Michelin stars all around the world.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Aug 8, 2018 • 1 min read

    French chef Joël Robuchon has died of cancer at age 73. Throughout the course of his landmark career, the chef accrued more than 30 Michelin stars all around the world. Chef Ludo Lefebvre remembers Robuchon’s impact on contemporary French cuisine.

    French chef and Michelin’s most-starred man, Joël Robuchon has died

    of cancer at age 73. Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters.

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    Joël Robuchon, restaurant lines, and Jonathan Gold on N.W.A.
    1. 0:00Ludo Lefebvre: Joël Robuchon's impactYou’re reading this
    2. 8:21"The Pope of Cuisine"
    3. 13:18Jonathan Gold's review of Robuchon's Vegas venture
    4. 23:49Line culture in Los Angeles
    5. 34:17Sparrow Mart
    6. 42:29Market Report: Okra
    7. 49:17Jonathan Gold on N.W.A.
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    The full episode

    1 of 7
    Joël Robuchon, restaurant lines, and Jonathan Gold on N.W.A.
    1. 0:00Ludo Lefebvre: Joël Robuchon's impactYou’re reading this
    2. 8:21"The Pope of Cuisine"
    3. 13:18Jonathan Gold's review of Robuchon's Vegas venture
    4. 23:49Line culture in Los Angeles
    5. 34:17Sparrow Mart
    6. 42:29Market Report: Okra
    7. 49:17Jonathan Gold on N.W.A.
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