French-born chef and restaurateur Michel Roux has died aged 79.
He passed away on Wednesday night surrounded by his family at home in Bray, Berkshire, after battling a long-standing lung condition.
Roux and his brother Albert made gastronomic history when their London restaurant, Le Gavroche, became the first three Michelin-starred restaurant in Britain in 1982.
A family statement said Roux's "star will shine forever".
His son Alain and daughters, Francine and Christine, on behalf of the family said: "It is with deep sadness that the Roux family announces the passing of our beloved grandfather, father, brother and uncle, Michel Roux OBE.
"We are grateful to have shared our lives with this extraordinary man and we're so proud of all he's achieved.
"A humble genius, legendary chef, popular author and charismatic teacher, Michel leaves the world reeling in his wake.
"For many, he was a father figure inspiring all with his insatiable appetite for life and irresistible enthusiasm.
"But above all, we will miss his mischievous sense of fun, his huge, bottomless heart and generosity and kindness that knew no bounds. Michel's star will shine forever lighting the way for a generation of chefs to follow".
There will be a private family funeral followed later in the year by a "celebration of life event".
As well as Le Gavroche, the Roux brothers' Waterside Inn in Bray was awarded three Michelin stars in 1985.
Roux also opened Skindles in Taplow in 2018 with his son.
Since 1983, Michel Roux has published 15 books that have sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.
He is also known for the Roux Scholarship, an annual chef competition founded in 1982 with Albert to enable a new generation of chefs in the UK to train in some of the greatest restaurants in the world.
Many scholars have gone on to win Michelin stars following their enrolment in the Roux Scholarship, and it is considered the most acclaimed competition of its kind in the UK.
Food has always been part of the Roux family history, and Michel was born in a room above his grandfather's charcuterie in Burgundy, France, in 1941.
Aged 14, he was apprenticed to a grand pâtissier near Paris where he spent three years pursuing his craft.
Following a period as a pastry cook at the British embassy in Paris, Roux was taken on as a commis chef by the de Rothschild's household before following his brother to work in England in the 1960s.
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