Since 1765, the line of cooks among the Bocuses has not decreased in bad behavior, but the preservation of the name is fundamental. Especially since 1921, when to take revenge on his wife who was a little too beautiful (1), Paul Bocuse’s grandfather gave up his surname to a Russian named Borisoff. In 1966, shortly after his third star, Paul Bocuse bought the three precious syllables. The humiliation of receiving the nickname “Bokusof” is over. He hangs his six neon-style gold Broadway letters in his tavern in Collonges, near Lyon. He is also the first of the great chefs to have his name embroidered on his white jacket where the heart is.
In December 2021, it is the turn of his son Jerome to go to war. Believing that the Institut Paul Bocuse, a prestigious culinary and hotel school in Écully, west of Lyon, is infringing on his rights and tarnishing his father’s image by trashing his name, he has been trying to settle the case for three years. “I personally tried mediation, but it didn’t happen…
Source: Le Figaro
