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Jean-Baptiste MARTIN
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ISBN10: 2385841509
ISBN13: 9782385841508
Publisher: Les Editions Vivat
Published: May 9 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: French
ISBN13: 9782385841508
Publisher: Les Editions Vivat
Published: May 9 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: French
Jean-Baptiste Martin, né à Aix-les-Bains en 1857, est le fils d'un journalier agricole d'Albertville. Après avoir exercé le métier de garçon de salle ou de café un peu partout en France et en Europe, il partit en 1880 diriger un hôtel à Colón au Panama, au commencement du creusement du Canal par Ferdinand de Lesseps .En 1883 il s'installa à New-York en plein coeur de Greenwich Village à Manhattan où il créa le célèbre Café Martin qui révéla aux américains toutes les facettes de la gastronomie française.... Fortune faite, il abandonna, désabusé, la restauration, ce grand théâtre comme il l'appelait, et se lança en 1913 dans le négoce international en devenant importateur exclusif aux USA de produits aussi renommés que l'Eau d'Evian, le Dubonnet, la Vodka Smirnoff et les grands vins français. A sa mort en 1918 il fera profiter de sa fortune l'Hôpital français de New-York et Albertville, la ville de son enfance, à qui il a légué un million de francs or pour la construction de son hôpital....
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