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Robert May (1588 – in or after 1664〔) was an English professional chef who trained in France and worked in England.〔〔 He is best known for writing and publishing the 1660 cookbook ''The Accomplisht Cook''. ==Background== May was born in Wing, Buckinghamshire to Edwarde and Joan Mayes in 1588, however he was not baptised until 2 April 1592.〔 His father worked at Ascott Park as the chief cook to the Dormer family.〔 At age ten, May was sent to Paris by Lady Dormer—where he trained for five years to become a chef.〔〔 Following his training, he served his apprenticeship in London,〔 working for Arthur Hollinsworth (cook to the Grocer's Hall and Star Chamber).〔 After his apprenticeship, May returned to Wing and became one of the five cooks reporting to his father at Ascott Park.〔 In the mid-1630s Sir Anthony Browne employed May to be the chef at his country estate (Cowdray House) in west Sussex.〔〔 May was of the Catholic faith,〔 and worked for a total of thirteen households of minor English nobility〔 (including many aristocratic Catholic families) until the English Civil War (1642–1651).〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert May (chef)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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