Creators: Liked In early August 1889, Cesar Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London. He had come at the request of Richard D'Oyly Carte, the financier of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas, who had modernized theater and was now looking to create the world's best hotel. D'Oyly Carte soon seduced Ritz to move to London with his team, which included Auguste Escoffier, the chef de cuisine known for his elevated, original dishes. The result was a hotel and restaurant like no one had ever experienced, run in often mysterious and always extravagant ways--which created quite a scandal once exposed.
LikedI do have to say I walked away from this book knowing a whole lot more about Ritz than Escoffier. Escoffier was getting famous in his own right around the same time, but this book feels like it focuses a lot more on Ritz. We do, however, get a great snapshot of the other people who were a part of this world, including Oscar Wilde and the actress Sarah Bernhardt.
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