biography
pronunciation:
[ronay, eegon]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1920– )
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| biography:
| Gastronome and writer, born in Hungary. He studied law at Budapest, and trained as a chef at home and in London before becoming manager of the family group of restaurants in Hungary. He emigrated to England in 1946 and opened his own restaurant in London (1952–5). He founded the annual Egon Ronay's Guide to Hotels and Restaurants in 1956, and subsequently similar guides to pubs, ski resorts, and various other places of interest to tourists in Britain and Europe. |
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