Definition: pic andré

André Picobtiendra was awarded three Michelin stars in 1934 and again in 1939. In 1936, with the growth of the automotive industry, he moved to Valence, located along the famous Route Nationale 7. He was then one of the three great French chefs of the interwar period, along with Alexandre Dumaine and Fernand Point. In 1950, due to health problems, he handed over the reins to his son Jacques, who began by reviving his father's great specialities: poularde en vessie, gratin de queues d'écrevisse and boudin de brochet à la Richelieu, before moving towards a more "modern" style with his own creations: filet de loup au caviar and veal kidney with sorrel or mint.

Jacques Picmeurt died at the age of 59, and it was his daughter Anne-Sophie who continued the Pic dynasty. She earned her third Michelin star in the 2007 Red Guide, the only woman to currently hold this rank, becoming the fourth woman in France to receive this supreme distinction. Eugénie Brazier and Marie Bourgeois in 1933, then Marguerite Bise in 1951 preceded her.