Marron glacé of 'glazing'), may have been created only in the 16th century. Lyon and Cuneo dispute the title for the addition of the glazing, or icing, that makes the real "marron glacé". The earliest known records of a recipe for marron glacés were written during the XVI century by an Italian cook that worked for Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy [1580], and by the French at the end of 17th century in Louis XIV's Versailles court. In 1667, François Pierre La Varenne, ten years' chef de cuisine to Nicolas Chalon du Blé, Marquis of Uxelles (near Lyon and a chestnut-producing
Chris Marron club, scoring 16 times. He also played in goal in a game against Barrow after the team's goalkeeper broke his wrist; during the match Marron saved a penalty. By the end of the following season he had scored 25 goals in 53 matches. He then left to join Bradford Park Avenue for the 1954–55 season. However, he only played two league matches for his new club before leaving to become player-manager of Heanor Town, then playing in the Central Alliance. Marron lived in Mansfield until his death in 1986. Chris Marron Christopher Marron (7 February 1925 – June 1986) was