Georges Perrier (born 1943) is a French chef who emigrated to the United States in 1967 and lived in Philadelphia, where he founded and ran Le Bec-Fin and other restaurants, bars and cafés across the country.
[2] Perrier immigrated in the United States of America in November 1967 as Head Chef of Peter von Starck's La Panetiere.
[4] The restaurant has been rated Five-Stars by the Mobil Travel Guide for over 20 years and Five-Diamond status with the American Automobile Association (AAA) since 1989.
At Le Bec-Fin, Georges Perrier perfected seafood based recipes such as the galette de crabe, a French riff on an American crab cake that he developed after a trip to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Georges Perrier helped guide the careers student chefs at Walnut Hill College.