White woman in late 19th-century clothes photographed in a kitchen, with a pile of chickens on the table. La Mère Fillioux in her restaurant kitchen with the chickens for her "volaille truffée demi-deuil". Françoise Fillioux (or Filloux, [n 1] 2 September 1865 – 22 October 1925), known as "La Mère Fillioux" or "La Mère Filloux", was a French chef, proprietor of a famous restaurant in Lyon.