Cuisine Courante (Inscribed copy)

London: Pavilion Books Limited, 1991. (UK) First printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the half-title page: "Dear J-----/ With sincere thanks for your "ETERNAL" support! To a food lover...from another food lover/ Loubert. / June 6th '95)" , no other markings, about Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Green boards, 160pp, index. Colour photos of prepared dishes. This is Loubet's first cookbook, as chef of the Four Seasons restaurant at the Inn on the Park in London where in 1990 he was awarded his first Michelin star. Long regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative chefs on the London culinary scene, Bruno Loubet was known for giving vegetables equal billing on the menu at his hugely popular Grain Store restaurant. In London Bruno began working at La Tante Claire under Pierre Koffmann, a fellow expat from the south west of France, before accepting a head chef position at Gastronome One. Following several years working in Oxfordshire at both Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons and Le Petit Blanc Bruno returned to London, becoming the executive chef at the Four Seasons’ Inn on the Park. (2.4 JM LVR 206/b4. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".