François Simon (food critic)

François Simon (born 1953) is an author and a food critic,^[1] rumored in French press to have been the model for Anton Ego, the food critic in the 2007 animated film Ratatouille^[2] (though denied by the film's director, Brad Bird).^[3] He spent most of his career writing for French daily Le Figaro, that he left at the beginning of 2014.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Lander, Nicholas France's most feared restaurant critic Financial Times. July 8, 2015
2. ↑ Booth, Michael (July 13, 2009). "Osaka - the world's greatest food city". The Guardian. 
3. ↑ Sciolino, Elaine (January 13, 2009). "In Paris, a Critic Criticized". The New York Times. 
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