FRENCH CULINARY GUILD EMBOSSED LITHOGRAPH, MA?TRES CUISINIERS AND LE VICHYSSOIS COMMEMORATIVE, WHITE
A highly distinctive French culinary institution artwork, combining embossed (gaufrage) printing, hand-applied color, and mixed-media illustration, created as a commemorative piece for a Le Vichyssois based gastronomic event, and originating from the estate of Pierre Chambrin, former Executive Chef to the White House. This visually striking composition features a stylized chef figure constructed from culinary elements—utensils, provisions, and symbolic forms—topped by a proud Gallic rooster, an enduring emblem of French national and gastronomic identity. The tactile embossing beneath the surface creates dimensional relief, elevating the work beyond standard lithography into a crafted, atelier-produced object. Along the lower margin, a handwritten French inscription reads, “Souvenir remis à Priscilla et Bernard pour les 30 ans de Vichyssois” (“Souvenir presented to Priscilla and Bernard for the 30th anniversary of Vichyssois”). Bernard Cretier opened Le Vichyssois outside of Chicago in 1976 and he was a long standing member of the Maitres de Cuisine. This confirms the piece as an event-issued commemorative, likely distributed among chefs attending a high-level culinary congress or Maîtres Cuisiniers–affiliated gathering—not a retail edition, but a professional, insider artifact of French gastronomic culture. Being sold by one of the owners of The Rug Life, Sabrina Chambrin Jureidini, the only Daughter of Pierre Chambrin. This embossed lithograph comes with a COA signed by Sabrina, and one of Pierre’s original White House business cards. It is double matted and framed under acrylic in a wooden frame and with frame, it measures 20 inches x 24 inches. Pierre Chambrin (1947-2024) is a French-born American chef who served as the White House Executive Chef from 1989 to 1994. Chambrin was born in Paris on September 13, 1947. He received his culinary education at the Ecole des Metiers de l’alimentation, which he attended from 1961 to 1963. He moved to the United States in 1969 and opened a restaurant called Picot's Place in Massachusetts. In 1979 Chambrin took over the Washington, D.C. restaurant Maison Blanche, located near the White House. Chambrin was appointed under the presidency of George H. W. Bush to succeed Hans Raffert. He was succeeded by Walter Scheib. After leaving the White House, Chambrin became the executive chef at the Saint Louis Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The Maitres Cuisiniers de France named him "Chef of the Year" in 2008, and the Academie Culinaire de France bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award on him in 2013.
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
21 x 18 x 1 in
A highly distinctive French culinary institution artwork, combining embossed (gaufrage) printing, hand-applied color, and mixed-media illustration, created as a commemorative piece for a Le Vichyssois based gastronomic event, and originating from the estate of Pierre Chambrin, former Executive Chef to the White House. This visually striking composition features a stylized chef figure constructed from culinary elements—utensils, provisions, and symbolic forms—topped by a proud Gallic rooster, an enduring emblem of French national and gastronomic identity. The tactile embossing beneath the surface creates dimensional relief, elevating the work beyond standard lithography into a crafted, atelier-produced object. Along the lower margin, a handwritten French inscription reads, “Souvenir remis à Priscilla et Bernard pour les 30 ans de Vichyssois” (“Souvenir presented to Priscilla and Bernard for the 30th anniversary of Vichyssois”). Bernard Cretier opened Le Vichyssois outside of Chicago in 1976 and he was a long standing member of the Maitres de Cuisine. This confirms the piece as an event-issued commemorative, likely distributed among chefs attending a high-level culinary congress or Maîtres Cuisiniers–affiliated gathering—not a retail edition, but a professional, insider artifact of French gastronomic culture. Being sold by one of the owners of The Rug Life, Sabrina Chambrin Jureidini, the only Daughter of Pierre Chambrin. This embossed lithograph comes with a COA signed by Sabrina, and one of Pierre’s original White House business cards. It is double matted and framed under acrylic in a wooden frame and with frame, it measures 20 inches x 24 inches. Pierre Chambrin (1947-2024) is a French-born American chef who served as the White House Executive Chef from 1989 to 1994. Chambrin was born in Paris on September 13, 1947. He received his culinary education at the Ecole des Metiers de l’alimentation, which he attended from 1961 to 1963. He moved to the United States in 1969 and opened a restaurant called Picot's Place in Massachusetts. In 1979 Chambrin took over the Washington, D.C. restaurant Maison Blanche, located near the White House. Chambrin was appointed under the presidency of George H. W. Bush to succeed Hans Raffert. He was succeeded by Walter Scheib. After leaving the White House, Chambrin became the executive chef at the Saint Louis Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The Maitres Cuisiniers de France named him "Chef of the Year" in 2008, and the Academie Culinaire de France bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award on him in 2013.
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
21 x 18 x 1 in
