Julien Diaz cooking for the Petitrenaud Getaways

Sep 7, 2015 | Meeting

Jean-Luc Petitrenaud takes a trip to Lumio At the beginning of the summer, I had the great pleasure of welcoming Jean-Luc Petitrenaud and his team for the filming of his famous culinary show "Les Escapades de Petitrenaud". This Sunday 6...

News from Slaine Grew: his Tour de France des Chefs is over!

Feb 23, 2015 | Meeting

The "Tour de France des Chefs" by Slaine Grew ends! Do you remember Slaine Grew, the ambitious and reckless young girl whom I met in October 2014 during her visit to the Hotel Chez Charles restaurant? If you...

Ferrandi Paris, a school of astronomers

Jan 19, 2015 | Meeting

Ferrandi or the French School of Gastronomy Recently, I had the chance to visit this prestigious school on the occasion of an event organized around a 4-hand dinner with Thibault Sombardier, the Chef of the Restaurant...

Discover the Honey "A Matricula"

Nov 3, 2014 | Meeting

Honey "A Matricula": Balagne's Happy Culteurs! Located in Santa Reparata, in Balagne, the mill "A Matricula" has been run by Estelle, Jean-Claude and their son François since 2008. These "young" beekeepers (or "Happy Culteurs" because they are very...

Tour de France des Chefs

Oct 25, 2014 | Meeting

The Tour de France des Chefs by Slaine Grew Just before the Hotel closed for the winter, I had the opportunity to welcome and meet a very brave young girl, Slaine Grew ... An old cook who...

Essential Oils in the Kitchen

Oct 20, 2014 | Meeting

Discover the essential oils... I went to the meeting of Noëlle Irolla and of Emilia Corteggiani the creators of the distillery Asttella ("dwarf juniper" in Corsican language) located in Lumio. The company, family-sized, is...