Who is Chef Max Bugnard from My Life in France and what is their importance?

Chef Bugnard played a large role in Julia Child's development as a cook and in her knowledge of French cooking. Julia considered him a mentor and friend. Bugnard was of average height and plump. He had a thick mustache and thick round-framed glasses. When Julia met Bugnard, he was in his seventies. His family had owned a restaurant where he learned to cook, and he had also worked at many restaurants in Paris, as well as with Escoffier in London. He owned a restaurant in Brussels before World War II and came to Cordon Bleu after the war.