Jean-François Bazin (26 July 1942 – 17 April 2020) was a French politician, journalist, and writer.

[1][2][3] Bazin became a journalist in 1966 based in Dijon for the newspaper Les Dépêches.

He served as editor-in-chief for the weekly La Lettre de Bourgogne from 1973 to 2003.

He was a Municipal Councillor for Dijon from 1971 to 2008, Deputy Mayor of Dijon from 1995 to 2001, a member of the European Committee of the Regions from 1994 to 2002, Vice-President of the Assembly of European Wine-producing Regions from 1993 to 1998, and President of the Estates General of French Gastronomy from 1993 to 1996.

On 17 April 2020, Jean-François Bazin died in Dijon at the age of 77.