<P> Haute cuisine (French: literally "high cooking", pronounced (ot kɥi. zin)) or grande cuisine refers to the cuisine of "high - level" establishments, gourmet restaurants and luxury hotels . Haute cuisine is characterized by meticulous preparation and careful presentation of food, at a high price level . </P> <P> Haute cuisine developed out of political and social changes in France . The "high" cuisine represented a hierarchy in 17th century France as only the privileged could eat it . Haute cuisine distinguished itself from regular French cuisine by what was cooked and served such as foods like tongue and caviar, by serving foods such as fruit out of season, by making it difficult and time consuming to cook, and by using exotic ingredients not typically found in France . </P>

Who is credited with introducing haute cuisine to france