I love food and I love photography so I make both of them for the happiness of my life.
I'd like to say that I worked very hard the entire week to afford the right to buy me 1 or 2 good cigars for my weekend, but it has to be the best! :) And when I say the best it is not only about the most expensive, but more about a high quality. La civette...
First of all I want to talk to you about the hotel I stayed in Paris. For a long time, I have the desire to stay at Mama Shelter. It is not a hotel as they say but more of a house where people regroup to have a good time. I really love that place, very...
The first time I meet Punya and Ashesh was in our office in Abu Dhabi. I told them how much I enjoyed working with Nepalese collaborators in our Pastry department. Few weeks later, I received an invitation to visit the school and learn about this country....
If I had to pick one thing that make me love this country, it would be the way people use colors to make their life enjoyable. Rich, poor, small, tall, you name it, everybody in this country is full of different colors on them. When you go to a busy place,...
Pastry chef from Emirates Palace has created today an incredible presentation for the Emirates national day. This year, on December 2, we are going to celebrate the 41 anniversary so the task was to create 41 beautiful cakes as well as bringing a collection...
Today it is Friday and usually it is the day that I am taking picture in the hotel. Everybody is off, my phone does not ring too much, so perfect timing.. We are going to start a tapas promotion very soon and I took few pictures of the selection that...
I learned from chef Ducasse that a good dish is 70% the product and 30% the technique of the chef. Of course it makes sense... At home or in a restaurant the person who cooks should always look for the best ingredients in her market price... Good food...
This year for the 2014 Gourmet Abu Dhabi we had the chance to welcome a very famous chef Massimo Boturra. He is a 3 Michelins star chef from Modena Italy where the Ferrari cars are made and also very famous fantastic balsamic vinegar that they produce...
Life is full of surprises... Couple of months ago, I got a chance to realize one of my very deep dream to go and live in Asia and work to one of the very special and incredible hotel in the world. So here we go, after a fantastic farewell from my team...
In my opinion, the food culture in Japan is the finest in the world. That's the dream place for a chef to work in this country. Many stars Chefs open a restaurant in Japan and majority of the time they would say that the quality of they Japanese restaurant...
I just comeback from a long weekend in Manila. Wow, I love this city and the peoples. So much things to do and see. One of the best food market I have never been, so rich and colorful. The food was super good and whether perfect. A sweet 30 degree......
Wow, yesterday I discovered an incredible photo shop in Shanghai. Can you imagine, a building with 8 floors full of camera collection, lightings, etc... This was really amazing... I never saw in my life so many Leica in one place. When you go to the used...
This was the highlight of my Sunday visit last week. I am a Chef for the past 30 years and I have never seen a pork face that way. I can't believe it right in front of me. I have to say that I live in the Middle East for over 2 years and I did not eat...
Going back to maman house for couple days holidays. Beautiful spring colors, allot of fresh air, green everything and of course very good food from maman. It's so good to go back home... :)
Welcome back home. Every time, we go back home in France we love to go at the market on Saturday morning and buy a couple of good goodies for lunch.Usually the menu would be, stop at the Saucisson shop, stop at the chicken shop, stop at the crepe shop...
I had a chance to dine 2 times and visit this hotel during my trip in Chiang Mai. I think I visited almost 90% of all the best hotels in the world. I have to say that this is one of my top 3. Incredible place. Full of serenity, beauty and wonderful servie....
I worked for Mr. Ducasse for a couple of years at the Louis XV 20 years ago and I have to say that for the last 2 decades, I have always followed his philosophy and vision about food. At that time, I was coming from the Mr. Robuchon restaurant Le Jamin...
Dear blog followers and friends, It has been a exciting year for my blog. More than 6000 pages views and more than 3000 different persons went to see my little blog. Sincerely, I am very positively surprise as I was thinking with no publicity I would...
Few days ago a friend of mine ask me to go for a beautiful crispy chicken in one of the most well known restaurant in the world for that. Sincerely I never went to this restaurant chain before and I didn't know it was a fast food. So for couple of days...
We just arrive in Chiang Mai ( Thailand ) for a 10 days vacations. Just the time to get some photos in the pool this afternoon.
During the next 10 days I will be In Hong Kong and Macao to open the 89 New Ritz Carlton in the world. I am very happy and proud for this invitation from my company. It's always a great journey to open a new hotel even you know that you are going to work...
Today was my day off and I took this opportunity to go for a hair cut. Not easy to explain what I wanted even if I think it was easy. My goodness, what an experienced what the show I received. Welcome with a cold drink, then a shampoo on my seat with...
Here I am, first day in Kathmandu Nepal, I would be here for one week to do a recruitment session for our kitchen team. This morning, going to the market and a stop at the cashmere corner. Woooow , so much colors and energy. So happy to be here...
I love that picture, not only because these two ladies do a fantastic job for me but also because I love working with women in the kitchen. For the past 10 years I had the chance to have many women in my team and it was very rare that they were not successful....
Mémoires de chefs... I received this gift book few days ago and I love it. I did work for two chefs from this book, Mr. Lenotre at the Pré-Catelan in Paris and Mr. Roger Vergé in le Moulin de Mougins (near Cannes) and also have great moments with Mr....
