Daily News | Georges Perrier and Le Bec-Fin set the table for Philadelphia fine dining
Perrier spent those first years doing a victory lap. He lent his time to the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. He consulted for his protegés. His alumni have had high-profile careers of their own, including Pierre Calmels , Robert Bennett , Chip Roman , Chris Scarduzio , Lee Styer and Jessie Prawlucki-Styer , Eddie Konrad , Peter Woolsey , Jeffrey Power , and Gregory Headen . Earlier chefs included Peter Gilmore and Jean-Pierre Tardy .
Over a bottle of Scotch, von Starck told Perrier that he planned to open a restaurant in a converted rowhouse in Center City Philadelphia. He’d call it La Panetiere, “the pantry,” and he wanted Perrier to be chef. La Panetiere’s 28 seats filled quickly. Notices were so good that in 1970, von Starck moved La Panetiere to a larger space at 1602 Locust St., while Perrier chose to stay behind on Spruce Street to operate his own restaurant. Le Bec-Fin, an idiom for “fine palate” or “good taste,” opened that year. Perrier said Le Bec-Fin’s food was classic, while La Panetiere’s was more modern.
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