PARIS – Gaston Lenotre, considered one of France's best-ever pastry-makers, has died at the age of 88.
The Lenotre company he founded says the pastry maker died Thursday at his home in Sologne, south of Paris, after a long illness.
President Nicolas Sarkozy issued a statement praising Lenotre as the man who transformed making pastries into an art.
Chef Paul Bocuse has told France Info radio that Lenotre was a "pastry genius ... who always sought perfection."
Lenotre, who is from the Normandy region, opened his first Paris pastry shop in 1957. Three years later he expanded into catering.
Today, the Lenotre company is present around the globe with 35 shops in 12 countries stretching from Japan to Kuwait and Dubai to the United States.
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