Robert Treboux

Robert Marcel Tréboux (October 21, 1924 Vinzier - August 22, 2012),^[1] was one of the last surviving influential chefs and restaurateurs to come to New York City from France to work at Le Pavillon.^[2] From 1985 to his death in 2012, he owned the restaurant Le Veau d'Or, which was profiled in a 2009 episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. With his death, Time declared the era of la cuisine classique to be over.^[3]

He was sixteen when he went to work as a waiter at his cousin's hotel in Paris before going to work at Lasserre, also in Paris and Claridge's in London. At some point, he was promoted to captain. On board the French liner Liberté, Treboux met a New York judge who sponsored him to come to the United States where he worked at Pavillon for five years. When he went to work at Maud Chez Elle, he moved to the front of the house.^[2]

In the 1950s, he opened Le Manoir. He also opened Le Clos Normand and La Rotisserie Française, which was one of the first restaurants with an open kitchen.^[2]

Robert Treboux owned several restaurants before he bought the restaurant Le Veau d'Or in 1985. When he passed away, daughter Catherine Treboux ran it until she sold it in 2019.^[4]