Eugénie Brazier marked with Goo gle Doodle – why is the French chef being celebrated on her

Eugénie Brazier marked with Google Doodle – why is the French chef being celebrated on her 123rd birthday?. BRAZIER'S gastronomic genius captured the hearts and stomachs of 20th century giants as diverse as Marlene Dietrich and Charles de Gaulles.

As the chef's 123rd birthday is marked with a steam-clouded Google Doodle, we ask who "la mère Brazier" was and how she scaled the culinary pantheon.

Eugénie Brazier was a famed French chef who became the first woman to