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Posts Tagged ‘Frere Troisgros’

Doing the truffle shuffle: 8 pastry chefs, 15 desserts and a lot of Valrhona chocolate

Posted in French food, chefs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’ve always been more of a savoury than sweet kind of girl. When it comes to dessert, I’m more likely to order a nice big cheese board than a devilish pud, and by the time it gets to petit fours I’m usually over-faced. But, after a few days spent at the Ecole du Grand Chocolat [...]

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Michelin stars, Chris Galvin and Gérald Passédat

Posted in Michelin-starred restaurants, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

In May this year I was lucky enough to go to Marseilles with chef Chris Galvin (the nicest man in cooking?) and his Galvin at Windows team, and sample the menu at Gérald Passédat’s three-Michelin starred Le Petit Nice. Passédat was the only chef to be upgraded to three stars in this year’s French red [...]

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