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The chef is best known for serving his classic truffle chicken pot pie and his iconic smoked salmon Oscar statuettes.

The world’s longest treasure hunt appears to have come to an end, after an announcement in France that a buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed - after 31 years.

“I’m just trying to process all this,” Gunning tells us, not long before etching her own name on a statuette.

A decision will also be taken on how to dispose of hundreds of statuettes, busts and other images of the charity’s creator.

His films have received more than 300 Oscar nominations and 81 statuettes.