Post your questions here -->> Q&A Cream Sauces - Béchamel and Hollandaise Author: Jack Lang (jackal10) Béchamel Marquis Louis de Bechameil (1603–1703), was a 17th century financier who held the honorary post of chief steward of King Louis XIV's (1643-1715) household. He is reputed to have invented Béchamel Sauce when trying to come up with a way of eating dried cod. The Duke of Escars, is reputed to have said: "That fellow Béchameil has all the luck! I was serving breast of chicken