Zürich, Switzerland

Restaurant owner, Vivant

Italy & Japan

Pleasure!

Restaurant Garagiste in Hobart/Tasmania

Restaurant Geerenn, Gockhausen- Zürich

Pain perdu reminds me of the simple life with family – so nice for kids.

Real artisans farmers that grow or raise real food and real wine

I very rarely take photos

Pâté en croute de ris de veau made by my friend Jean Zurini’s house with a Sauvignon from Samuel Boulay called “Amme”

All horrible industrial food and wine.

My dream future restaurant would be 20 seats in my home in the South of France where I could make everything in house: veggies, cured charcuterie, cheeses, wine, etc.

Chocolate, but I don’t feel guilty for eating lots of it!

Since I cook for my little one, everything in our fridge is organic: veggies, pickles, tomato sauce, chocolate deserts, Andouillette and thyme syrup. And as a rule, I never drink at home.

Twitter: @RVivant

Facebook: @VivantParis

Website: www.vivantparis.com (online in june) and www.morethanorganic.com

Laurent Vanparys has left Epure Wine Bar to continue making us jealous by eating through Europe’s most coveted restaurant reservations (follow his adventures on Facebook) and after a year and 1/2 at Fish La Boissonnerie, Taku Sekine is leaving at the end of May to travel the world in the name of research for his next yet to be named project.

Good luck guys, and see you at the airport and on the road!!!!!!!!!

For a great music & food-filled Thursday night, come down to Le Fooding’s Foodstock event on the rooftop terrace of la Cité de la Mode on the river, May 30th at 7 pm.

For 25€, you’ll get a great line up of music plus food & drink from Entree des Artistes, Roseval’s Simone Tondo & Michael Greenwold (smoked potato & langoustine soup), CheZaline’s Delphine Zampetti (farm cheese salad & Mostarda sandwich) and I will be grilling cochon with my butcher Christophe Dru from Boucherie les Provinces.

See you there!

Check the website for tickets and a list of musical talent. Tickets sold out in 15 minutes, but the site says they’ll have more for sale on the 27th.

Le Nuba 
36 Quai D’Austerlitz, 13th arr, left bank
Metro: Gare Austerlitz, Lines 5 & 10

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Laura Vidal & Harry Cummins are getting ready to host their 4th Paris Pop Up Series – a sold out brunch at James Henry’s BONES Bar & Restaurant on May 19th.

As a surprise last minute twist – they’ll be doing a pop up bar menu at the same time for folks who do not have a reservation but want to take part in the fun. You’ll be able to walk in from noon to 6pm and order food from a special bar menu (featured above) as well as wine, beer, cocktails, juices, coffee and cider by the glass.

Laura & Harry have invited some of Paris’ friendliest faces to be there: Jenny Capano & Tara Gilson at Bob’s Cold Press are bringing their awesome juices, special cocktails created & prepared by Michael Mas (Candeleria, ECC, Park Hyatt) & Romain Llobet (Frenchie, Silencio), Scottish beer guru and Craig Allan will be on site pouring his Agent Provocateur IPA and coffee will come from London’s Square Mile prepared Aussie Chris Nielson (Ten Belles).

Bones Bar & Restaurant

43, rue Godefroy Cavaignac, 11th arr, right bank

Metro : Ledru Rollin, Voltaire & Charonne, right bank

Payments accepted at the bar section are cash or CB/credit card (visa or master card).

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NYC

Food and drink enthusiast! … and Owner, Candelaria, Glass, Le Mary Celeste in Paris

My current favorite is Berlin

Inspiration, relaxation, excitement and enjoyment

China

The staff meals when I worked at L’Astrance, because they were delicious healthy, fun and right before service!!

Chinese food in the kitchen between service with the chefs, because I grew up in the Chinese restaurant of my family

For food… Our chef Haan Palcu-Chang at Le Mary Celeste. His unique style of asian food is delicious and his soft spoken command of the kitchen is impressive. He is an up and coming star.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Everything we ate and drank at the Restaurant-Bar Delicatessen in Moscow. Not to be missed!!

An item called  ”T’en pis  si j’en crève” – “I don’t care if I die.”  It was a kilo of steak and unlimited sides.

Can’t say publicly right now, because it’s in the works!!

Travel adventures with Josh and Carina, my partners!!

Twitter:

@candelariaparis

@glassparis

@lemaryceleste

Facebook:

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Website:

Candelariaparis.com

Glassparis.com

Lemaryceleste.com

Laura: Montreal

Harry: London

Laura: General Manager & Sommelier at Frenchie & Co-Founder of The Paris Pop-Up

Harry: Head Chef Frenchie & Co-Founder of The Paris Pop-Up

Laura: Copenhagen, New York City, Girona

Harry: London, Paris, Copenhagen

Laura: Food & Wine

Harry: Love

Laura: La Grenouillère (in Montreuil-sur-Mer)

Harry: Faviken, Sweden

Laura: Aponiente, Cádiz – Spain

Harry: Michel Bras, Laguiole, France

Laura: Big salad bowls my mother makes after every meal and their secret delicious vinaigrette. I don’t have the recipe because she keeps changing it and I think it’s a way to get me to go back to Montreal 

Harry: A rabbit stew made by grandfather and being told it was chicken

Laura: Wine Hero? Kermit Lynch

Harry: Food Hero? Jamie Oliver

Laura: Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. I didn’t at Noma and it was SO great

Harry: I prefer to just chill and enjoy the meal

Laura: Those quail eggs at Noma, they just melt in your mouth!!!!!

Harry:  The beef shortrib at Noma, it was so good I asked for another and got it

Laura: Dehydrated ant powder – salty/acidic touch

Harry: Fried Moss

Laura: Staying in bed until the last minute every morning

Harry: Eating pots of riz au lait from Monoprix

Laura: It would be with Harry (awwwww)

Harry: It would be with Laura

Laura:  Hazelnuts from Terroirs d’Avenir

Harry: Bird food (re: Laura’s Hazelnuts from Terroirs d’Avenir)

Laura….

Blog: www.lauravidal.fr

Twitter: https://twitter.com/8LauraVidal

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauravidal8

Harry….

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theparispopup

Paris, France

Restaurateur, Bistro Paul Bert and Le 6 Paul Bert

Singapore & Tokyo

The chance to meet new people

El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Catalonia, Spain (Recently named the Best Restaurant in the World)

(Laughing) Can I tell you about THREE food orgasms I cannot forget?

First, there was Olivier Roellinger’s before it closed. I swear to you, it was the best turbot fish I have ever, had, in, my, life. Sublime!

The second and third were at Pierre Gagnaire… We were completely full at the end of our meal when Pierre walks in an offers us this saffron cake – which of course I was not interested in after so much food. But, I tried it because it is Pierre offering! I tell you Wendy,  it brought emotions out of me that I can’t even describe.

The third was his langoustine served three-ways at once: raw, grilled and a reduction bisque.

When I would travel with my parents, we always would stop at this little restaurant by the seaside that had been there 50 years or more, you know the kind of place…with the red & white check tablecloths. Every time we opened the door, the smell of cooking hit us in the face… and it just felt like a restaurant – where people would come to be warmed and welcomed.

Michel Picquart – the founder of Astier and Le Villaret – the old devil was a real character, a mentor and a friend that I will never forget.

Sometimes, it depends!

For food…Harry Cummins’ perfectly cooked lotte (monkfish) in an Asian Black garlic, black sesame & shallots sauce at his first pop-up.

For wine, I’ve been in love with Gramenon for 15 years, but now I’m having a wine affair with Eric Pfifferling. In fact, if I could choose a wine I could take with me to the afterlife to share with God, any bottle by Eric would be perfect. Perhaps then God would tell me that paradise really is down here on earth and send me back. 

One Easter Sunday ten years ago, we were at a restaurant having oysters, lamb, and everything you would imagine would be wonderful for that holiday. Then for dessert, they presented Chateaudun sparkling water granité! 

A French bistro in Singapore

Dessert – and a taxi home after a big/long meal!

 Lobster, green radish

Come to see me in person at one of the restaurants on the rue Paul Bert… We are working on a website soon!

Paris, France

Making sure everything works at Semilla/Fish/Cosi Restaurants on the rue de Seine, in the St Germain des Pres

Italy for its simplicity it’s a good lesson on how you can make great food with a little budget. Thailand for all the perfume and spices. Japan is probably my next food trip because I’m a massive fan of all the noodles dishes on top of the more conventionnal Sushi/Sahsimi dishes

Discovering a new culture, trying new food, bars and restaurant designs. I also love traveling for the exact opposite,  just to relax somewhere quiet (and sunny!)

Japaaaaaaaaan

I find Sven’s Saturne here in Paris amazing. Regarding a dream not achieved yet, perhaps it is not super original but I’d love to try Noma

Soufflé au fromage that my Mum use to make, always loved it. Have never find one as good as this one yet. As a kid, the idea of hurrying before the soufflé went flat was part of the ceremony!

This is gonna be super subjective! I will put lord Matthew Ong (Former Fish Chef, now Chef-owner of Albion) as I love his food obviously but I love the way he handles a cuisine. Albion is always a pleasant atmosphere with some stupid jokes between all of us while remaining professional obviously. He is just a great person, he’s real.

I definitely prefer to just chill

The poulet grillé sandwich at Verjus with a cold beer “damoiselle” last week, not pretentious and really tasty!!

Non-alcoholic drinks … pointless!!!

I’d be concerned about the mental health of my bank manager!

A glass of wine in the afternoon at L’Avant Comptoir, it’s nearly on my way to the post office.

Hopefully a couple of beers, since I’m writing you on holiday from Mexico it would be great if they were there when I get back!

Facebook: Tibo.Harre

Lookout rue du Nil (aka: rue Marchand) – Frenchie Restaurant & Wine Bar will have a new sister on the street called Frenchie’s to Go – set to open in June.

Gorgeous plans are currently in motion for Greg & his wife Marie to take over the current Le Panier space and transform it into a Frenchie-style production kitchen that sources, cures and cooks the highest quality products (most especially charcuterie) for take-away Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 4 pm.

For breakfast, think great coffee, EBT (egg-bacon-tomato) sandwiches and bacon sprinkle doughnuts, and throughout the day, step up to the counter to order fish and chips, house cured Pastrami Reuben and pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs with toasted buns and all kinds of other Greg-inspired treats, served up with artisanal beers.

Gregory Marchand is a very good chef, but his ability to see the potential in and nurture the people around him while envisioning a fun future for his brand, makes him an exceptional restaurateur.

Frenchie street food? It’s about time.