Fernand Point

In 1922, he and his family moved to Vienne, a city in southeast France near Lyon, and opened a restaurant.

Two years later his father left the restaurant to Fernand, who renamed it La Pyramide.

[3] Point opened Restaurant de la Pyramide when he was 24, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Lyon in the town of Vienne.

[citation needed] His book Ma Gastronomie was first published in French in 1969.

The chef Charlie Trotter described Point's Ma Gastronomie as the most important cookbook.

Stela on rue Fernand Point, for which the restaurant is named