I’ve just got back from a visit to Rungis – the world’s biggest fresh produce market just outside of Paris. I was there writing an article for Yes Chef magazine and in the company of four esteemed chefs – the legendary Pierre Koffmann, Pascal Proyart, Mark Jordan and James Dugal. Just in case you’re picturing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seafood’
Pass the whelks
Posted in French food, Travel, chefs, ingredients, markets, tagged chefs, Fish, France, Paris, Pascal Proyart, Pierre Koffman, Rungis Market, sea snails, Seafood, whelks on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Rip-off merchants and mutant mussels
Posted in Michelin-starred restaurants, london, reviews, tagged Covent Garden, Jersey, Livebait, Michelin stars, mussels, Seafood, Seymour Tower, Special offers on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the past I’ve been spoiled when it comes to seafood. My career as a hospitality/food journalist so far has seen me treated to a three-Michelin starred seafood feast at Gerald Passedat’s restaurant in Marseilles, eat freshly caught crab and bass at Seymour Tower in Jersey and taste oysters at St Pancras Grand.
So when it [...]
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 [...]







