James Hemings
When Thomas Jefferson went to France to be ambassador, he took James Hemings with him.  Because Jefferson was an ambassador, he had to have guests come to his to eat.  Those meals had to be very good.  Jefferson paid for James Hemings to have cooking lessons from French chefs.  One of his teachers was Monsieur Combeaux.  Another of his teachers was the same man who cooked for the Prince de Condé.  After about 19 months, James Hemings had learned enough to lead the kitchen at Jefferson's Paris house. The house was called the Hôtel de Langeac.