AQUITAINE: New restaurants and chefs Restaurants in Bordeaux
Philippe Etchebest arrived Café Louis in Bordeaux, which opened in September 2015. Gordon Ramsay took over the reins of restaurant Pressoir d’Argent at the Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux) with a vision of inventive haute gastronomie. www.ghbordeaux.com/fr/le-pressoir-d-argent.php La Grande Maison de Robuchon : Bernard Magrez, the wine expert and Joël Robuchon, the chef with the most stars on the planet have joined forces to open a top-class gourmet restaurant
www.lagrandemaison-bordeaux.com June 2017 opening of the restaurant Panoramique de la Cité du Vin : to be located 30 meters high atop the Cite du Vin, this restaurant will boast panoramic views and exception cuisine to compliment an extraordinary selection of wines. www.citedescivilisationsduvin.com Restaurants in vineyards Le Château d'Agassac opened this new wine restaurant, La Table D'Agassac, on June 8, 2015. Helmed by internationally-known sommelier, Giovanni Curcio, who cooks cuisine that is defined by wine. A "carte blanche" menu is inspired by the choicest produce from the local market.
www.agassac.com Château de Léognan opens its restaurant : housed in the storied 19th century sables, this gastronomic restaurant is wholly dedicated to regional specialties crafted by celebrity, Parisian chef, Flora Mikula. www.visitechateaubordeaux.fr Cooking Classes at Hôtel-restaurant Cordeillan Bages in Pauillac The Chef MOF Jean-Luc Rocha will now share the subtleties of his cuisine during a cooking demonstration on the theme of your choice, duration: 2.5hrs. 80 €per person including refreshments. Supplement: Guests can also enjoy lunch at the gastronomic restaurant for an additional 90 euro including drinks.Two-12 participants at a time. www.cordeillanbages.com AUVERGNE: Restaurant Hotel Le Diapason The chef Raphaël Beringer and his wife recently opened the Diapason. This hotel and restaurant displays 6 rooms and combines gastronomy and music, the passions of the couple. Every weekend, the meals are enlivened with music. The gourmet dishes are modern, authentic and made with fresh produce. Le Diapason, Rue du Clos de la Chaux – 63500 LE BROC, +33 (0)4 73 71 71 71 / contact@lediapason.fr www.lediapason.fr Hotel Restaurant Domaine Saint Roch New fine food restaurant opens in the Hôtel Domaine St Roch (awarded 3 stars by Relais du Silence) in Salzuit, Haute‐Loire. This restaurant, with a meticulous menu focused on local produce, comes as the perfect addition to this old stately home that has been converted into a lovely, 21-room hotel. Set in 14 hectares of tree‐filled grounds, the Hôtel St Roch also has a comprehensive spa, which is highly‐regarded for its treatments using Argile des Volcans, a type of clay that is produced by the establishment itself. www.hotel‐auvergne‐saintroch.com COTE D’AZUR: Happy View –Juan Les Pins A new restaurant, The View, situated on the terrasse of the Palais des Congrès in Juan-les-Pins, is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 7.30p.m. After dinner, the restaurant transforms into a cabaret featuring a festive mix of performances by artists until 5a.m. www.theview-restaurant-club.com Chocolaterie Lilian Bonne Foi – Antibes Juan Les Pins On October 12, 2015 this respected dessert chef opened this pâtissierie at l’hôtel du Cap-Eden Roc. www.lilianbonnefoi.com In 2016 the Gault & Millau guides honored hotel Belles Rives and its gastronomic restaurant, La Passagère, with two distinctions: Steve Moracchini, head pastry chef for Groupe Belles Rives, has been named the Best Patry Chef of the Year and Yoric Tièche, Chef Executive Chef received the title, Grand Chef de Demain (Great Chef of Tomorrow). The “J” - Resto-Bistro –Juan Les Pins Opened in May 2015, in the heart of Juan les Pins this contemporary eatery puts a fresh spin on seafood for a light and vibrant lunch menu and a more refined dinner service. www.restaurantlej.fr Cannes Los Pistoleros Opened in May 2015, this is among the first restaurants in France to introduce Paletas Mexicanas; delicious artisanal, ice cream popsicles made with natural fruit flavorings. www.los-pistoleros.com PARIS: Paris is the capital of gastronomy, now more than ever before. This is where you’ll discover fine restaurants that prepare light dishes with local organic products, food trucks that offer regional specialties made from fresh ingredients by great chefs, and pastry chefs who create new flavors. And since in Paris, “eating well” is central to French art de vivre, discovering new food destinations such as Le Lafayette Gourmet and** La Grande Epicerie** de Paris where Parisians buy their products is part of the gourmet experience! Offering lighter foods, fine restaurants are inventing the cuisine of tomorrow in Paris! Alain Passard at Arpège and Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athénée were among the first avant-garde chefs offering lighter food, with a focus on natural flavors, vegetables and local products. With “produits d’ici cuisinés ici” (products grown and cooked here), award-winning chefs Antonin Bonnet at Le Sergent Recruteur and Jacky Ribault at Qui Plume la lune, in addition to Alessandra and Olivier Montagne with their French-Mexican-Vietnamese cuisine at Tempero, have been inventing new recipes with local products from the Paris region, the former vegetable garden of French kings. Other chefs, even more demanding in terms of product quality, o_er daily specials with vegetables grown onsite. Prime examples are Yannick Alleno at Terroir Parisien, and Andrew Wigger, who reinvents Californian cuisine at Frame. This focus on healthier food can even be found with “gluten-free” options, popularized by France’s current Prime Minister, which are becoming increasingly common in Paris. NoGlu and Helmut Newcake have proven that in Paris, gastronomy and “gluten-free” food can sit at the same table! The “street food” trend has also taken off in Paris. Now, nutrition and innovation go hand in hand. After the success of “Camion Qui Fume” a hamburger food truck, award-winning chefs and flavor creators have quickly followed suite by offering their customers Breton crêpes, West Indies specialties, Mexican dishes, dim sum from Hong Kong, in addition to products sourced from the Paris Region. For example, Marc Veyrat, a great French chef who delivers hot meals made daily from fresh, organic, local products: www.mesbocaux • Closing until November 2015 of Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, for full renovation and new contemporary style while keeping alive the history of the place. • Closing for complete refurbishment and new design of L'Acazar restaurant (until December 15, 2015) • Reopening after renovation of the Café de l’Homme at Trocadéro (November 9, 2015) • Opening of the Flow, boat moored at Pont Alexandre-III, with gourmet restaurant and 500-seat concert hall (late 2015) • Opening of new gourmet addresses at Forum des Halles: Le Café littéraire designed by Phlippe Starck, Le Café du XXIe siècle, Causses, as well as a branch of Pain Quotidien (late 2015) • Opening by Jean-François Piège of Clover, second address of his concept restaurant, this time dedicated to grill and cocktails, Rue Bailleul near the Louvre (early 2016) • Opening by Guy Savoy of a brasserie on the ground floor of Monnnaie de Paris, the Métal café (2016) • Opening by Thierry Marx of a 700-m² contemporary brasserie inside Gare du Nord (2016) • Opening of a 4,000-m² gourmet store dedicated to Italian gastronomy, Eataly, Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie in the Marais (2018) • Les bains Douches, Rachel **: www.facebook.com/RachelsParis03 : CAFÉ, MARKET CUISINE, TEAROOM, PASTRIES, SANDWICHES, FINGER-LICKIN' GOOD **Restaurant le Frank www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/le-restaurant.html Le Balcon at Philharmonie www.restaurant-lebalcon.fr/ Le Train Bleu re-opened and is magnificent: 1st floor, Gare de Lyon, Place Louis Armand, 75012 PARIS www.le-train-bleu.com PACA: A venir en 2016 Opening of the Carré du Palais: Located in Avignon, capital of the Cotes du Rhone, this magnificent mansion of the 18th century, Calvet de la Palun, was one of the last hotels built in the papal Avignon and former Bank of France. Now it transforms into the pillar of local produce and gastronomy and will boast a wine school, wine bar, gourmet restaurant with a respected chef as well as a bistro. It’s ideal location is between Place de l'Horloge and the Palais des Papes. www.carredupalaisavignon.com News from 2015 Creation of the sweet "Apple Treetop" a drink that inspired Canadian ciders created in the Hautes-Alpes Frosted Apple and roasted apple rôtie are "yin and yang" of the apple orchards of the Hautes-Alpes, an alcoholic drink made harvested apples picked in late October. It takes more than 3 kg of apples to make a 35 cl bottle. www.appledescimes.fr The restaurant at the Messardiere in St Tropez welcomes new chef The gourmet restaurant, Acacia, welcomed in 2015 the chef Patrick Berthier as head of its cuisine. He joins the team of the Palace-designated Messardière after more than twenty years as a chef at many hotels under Relais & Châteaux.Assisted by a new deputy chef and a new pastry chef, this team seeks to, above all, run a simple kitchen that prepares delicacies inspired by the the region. www.messardiere.com Le Poulpe Restaurant opened in Marseille This locavore restaurant is the idea of Michel Portos, former chef of Saint James in Bordeaux. The principle ingredients, solid or liquid must be grown, raised and produced within 200 km from Marseille, with the exception of champagne and Corsican products. Open 7 days 7. www.lepoulpe-marseille.com/ Guadeloupe Today, five chefs received the “Maitre-restaurateurs” status in the Guadeloupe Islands. Restaurant Coco Kafé Newly built, The restaurant Coco Kafé, is a very welcoming place, in an idyllic setting. The terrace on the water has a direct view of the Marina du Gosier. The restaurant offers Famous Creole specialties (fresh fish, tuna, marlin, wahoo, colas ...) but also the traditional cuisine (rognon, sole, sea bass, sea bream ...). The specialty of Chef, Jean Claude Valvasson, the "Maitre-restaurateur" is sautéed chicken and shrimp tails "Coco Maïpo", served on grill. Place Creole – La Marina 97190 Le Gosier – www.cocokafe.fr Restaurant The Lost Paradise Off Bas-du-Fort in Le Gosier, Grande-Terre on 5 hectare of Ilet Cochon (islet Pig), "The Lost Paradise" is on an exceptional site. The Master’s house dating from 1877 has been completely renovated. Concerts, seminars, weddings and receptions are organized. Nautical sports (kayaking, stand up paddle), hiking and pedagogical tours of the islet are some of the activities proposed to the visitors. The restaurant has an stunning view over the bay of Pointe-a-Pitre and on the Memorial ACTe . From Bas-du-Fort to the islet, the shuttle is free. Ilet Cochon – 97110 Pointe a Pitre – www.lostparadise971.com