Chef, author of cookbooks, inventor. One of the first celebrity chefs. Born France. Trained in Paris and fled to England during the French Revolution in 1830. Designed, invented and introduced various innovations: mobile cooking carriage for the Army, cooking with gas, refrigerators cooled by cold water, ovens with adjustable temperatures and a tabletop stove. Went to the Crimean War and designed a field stove for use by the troops. Died at home, 15 Marlborough Road. The 1842 portrait is by his wife, (Elizabeth) Emma, who was a professional artist (we believe, but some sources confusingly date this portrait after her death.) on a mamoth soup kitchen that Soyer organised on Christmas Day 1851.
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Alexis Soyer
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Alexis Soyer
Alexis Soyer, 1810 - 1858, chef, author of cookbooks, inventor, lived here. C...
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John Courage
Born Aberdeen.  Came to London in 1780 as a shipping agent.  He bought the Private House and Old Brewhouse at Horselydown in 1787 and developed it into a thriving business.  Died London.
1 memorial
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...
2 memorials
Jones's butcher's shop
Family business that survived until the 1970s. This photograph was taken in 1932.
1 memorial
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association - 80th anniversary
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
2 memorials
Spiers and Pond
This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own resta...
1 memorial
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