The First Masterchef: Michel Roux JrFebruary 29, 2016

Michel Roux Jnr explores the life and influence of his great culinary hero, Georges Auguste Escoffier - the man who turned eating into dining. The first great restaurant chef, Escoffier established restaurants in grand hotels all over the world and in these centres of luxury and decadence the world's most glamorous figures of the day would mix - actresses and princes, duchesses and opera singers. Catering to this international jet set, Escoffier produced fabulous dishes that combined luxury and theatricality, elevating restaurant food to an art form.

The First Masterchef: Michel Roux Jr was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 29 September 2018, 11:35. This episode was initially placed on Thursday 30 April 2015.