Pierre Troisgros, the chef credited with facilitating France’s influential nouvelle cuisine movement, has died. He was 92 years old.

“An emblematic figure of the great French cuisine, Pierre Troigros was one of those chefs whose name has become an international reference in gastronomy,” Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin guides, said in a statement. “Pierre embodied the transmission and innovation that has always permeated the kitchens of the establishment.”

Troisgros rose to fame alongside his brother Jean at his