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 [...]
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 cakes, chocolate, desserts, France, Frederic Bau, Frere Troisgros, pastry chefs, patisserie, puddings, sweets, Valrhona chocolate on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Michelin stars, Chris Galvin and Gérald Passédat
Posted in Michelin-starred restaurants, Travel, tagged Chris Galvin, el Bulli, Ferran Adria, Frere Troisgros, Galvin at Windows, Gerald Passédat, Le Petit Nice, Marseilles, Michel Guérard, Michelin, molecular gastronomy, Santi Santamaria, Seafood 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 [...]







