Thomas Dowding

Sir Thomas Dowding (French: [tɔ.ma dɔ.diŋ]; 23 April 1816 – 14 September 1883) was a French-British chef who is best known for inventing the wire Whisk.[1] He owned "La Savoie", a bakery in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.[2]

Born in France, Dowding moved to the United Kingdom in the 1830s to study Carpentry. He left school at 17 and became an apprentice at a bakery in Bristol. He received a Knighthood (UK) after helping stop a large fire in Southampton. He subsequently moved to Paris in 1839, where he married Maria Floquet and had two children.

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Bee (9 October 2012). Consider the Fork Lib/E: A History of How We Cook and Eat (1st ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780465021765.
  2. ↑ Archives nationales du monde du travail
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