Blantyre's Crossbasket Hotel pays tribute to culinary icon Albert Roux
link.Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI) manage the Blantyre venue and managing director Norbert Lieder said: “It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Albert Roux, OBE and Legion d’Honneur.“Albert, together with his brother, the late Michel Roux, were a formidable partnership, transforming the British restaurant scene in the late 1960s.“They opened Britain’s first three-Michelin starred restaurant, Le Gavroche, in 1967, from where Albert went on to train and inspire a generation of today’s top chefs to reach the very peak of his beloved French culinary art.“Over the years, Albert has not only built a chefing dynasty, he was also an award-winning restaurateur, hotelier, retailer and wholesaler.“He will be