Lives of the First World War

Allevi, Baptistin PHOTO: Alarm Clock 6, 1 (5/1/1926), 2 and 7. PHOTO: J. O. Dahl, Kitchen Management (New York, 1928), plate 38, facing p. 243 (he is in the “Perfecting Kitchen” in the Savarin Restaurant, PA Station, NY). [Ancestry.com] Passport application, 4/1922: Born in Cannes, 11/9/1887; his father, Angelo Allevi, was Italian; arrived in US 9/11/1913; chef; became a naturalized US citizen at Camp Dix, NJ, on 6/14/1916; inducted 5/28/1918. Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917 – 1918: served overseas from 7/1/1918 to 7/23/1919, Chemical Warfare Service Base #1 to discharge; Army serial number 2,943,215. UK Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services, 1900 – 1928: service number L2353; first service date 9/20/1910; Last service date 12/31/1910; first ship served on, Balmoral Castle. Café Savarin, chef [Alarm Clock 4, 1 (5/1/1924), 3]. Café Savarin, “…started in the pastry trade but later decided to become a master of the art of cookery in general. ..worked in such establishments as Hotel de Paris, Cannes; Hotel des Anglais, Beaulieu; Winter Palace, Mentone; Victoria Hotel, St. Moritz; Metropole Hotel, Plombieres; Par Hotel, Vitel, and the Jockey Club and Larue Restaurant in Paris, he was connected with many aristocratic families, among them, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Madadame Tereschenko, Admiral Wemyes (sp?), Lord of the British Admirality and Duke of Connaught. In 1911…Mr Allevi sailed to South Africa but later returned to the Carlton Hotel in Cannes…It is only 13 years ago that Mr. Allevi migrated to America, becoming connected with the Hotel St Regis, Knickerbocker Hotel and Café Savarin…where he remained until the World War, at which time he enlisted in the Chemical Warfare Service and served with the A. E. F. for fifteen months in France. After the armistice was declared, he returned to the Café Savarin but later was chosen as the chef of the Pershing Square Savarin. When the various Pennsylvania Railroad Station restaurants were taken over by The Savarins Inc., it was necessary to get a chef who would be capable of supervising all the restaurants and Mr. Allevi was the ‘chef’.” [Alarm Clock 6, 1 (5/1/1926), 2 and 7]

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