1749: Nicolas Appert is born. Appert, nicknamed The Father of Canning, figured out that if you dunked glass containers of food, sealed with wax and wrapped in canvass, into boiling water, food could be saved for when supplies were not in abundance. Appert is considered by many the father of canning. Canning Day . Nicolas François Appert’s Birthday “Father of Canning” In 1795, Nicolas François Appert won 12,000 francs in a contest sponsored by Napoleon Bonaparte for devising a way to heat and seal foods in glass bottles. Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), known as the “father of canning,” believed that only high-quality vegetables, fruits and meat were worthy of being canned.
The can arrived on the scene just a year later when Englishman Peter Durand filed a patent for tin cans. Iako će konzerve svoju masovnu primjenu dobiti tek u drugoj polovici 19. vijeka, Appert zbog svog pronalaska uživa reputaciju "oca konzervi". You can thank French chef Nicolas Appert, who was born on this day in 1749. Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841 Massy), was born in Châlons-en-Champagne and was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. He was a chef, and his workshop, which at the start of the 19th century had a staff of dozens, was situated adjacent to fields that supplied him with seasonal fruits and vegetables. He was a confectioner and chef in Paris when he began to experiment with preserving his food stuffs. Appert, known as the "father of canning," was a confectioner. In 1795 the French military offered a cash prize of 12,000 francs for a new method to preserve food and, after over a decade of experimenting, he submitted his invention and won the prize in January 1810.
Appert, also known as the “Father of Canning,” invented the airtight food preservation method in the early 19th century. He was a confectioner and chef in Paris from 1784 to 1795. Appert used glass — not the most practical container for wartime transportation. But he was missing one important innovation: the can. Nicolas Appert was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. In 1812, Nicolas Appert was awarded the title of “Benefactor of Humanity” for his inventions that revolutionized our diet. He will invent the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon conquer Europe. In 1806, chef and confectioner Nicolas Appert was awarded 12,000 francs for his discovery of what would become modern food preservation methods. Nicolas Appert bio je francuski pronalazač, poznat po tome što je 1810. razvio prvu tehniku konzerviranja hrane i za nju dobio nagradu od cara Napoleona. Nicolas Appert was born in France. In 1795, he began experimenting with ways to preserve foodstuffs, succeeding with soups, vegetables, juices, dairy products, jellies, jams, and syrups. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French government offered a cash prize to an inventor who could develop a new method of preserving food. Appert, known as the "father of canning", was a confectioner.