“We learn to cook with that of others and then one day, we make our own”

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Jean-François Piège is the new guest of the podcast Le Goût de M proposed by M The magazine of the world. The chef responded from his Grand Restaurant in Paris in the 8e district to questions from journalist and producer Geraldine Sarratia, on the occasion of the release of her Large book of French cuisine: bourgeois and popular recipes (edited by Hachette Pratique).

Jean-François Trap evokes his childhood in Valence in the Drôme, between a commercial father, who transmits to him the taste for entrepreneurship and to do things with his hands, and a hairdresser mother who likes simple and real things. And is used to cooking from inexpensive and quality local products. “I never ate a tin can at home, we always went to the market”, he confides. He learns gardening with his aunt. A practice that gives him the taste of the ingredient and then leads him to gastronomy. “I embraced the kitchen from the garden. “

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After hotel school, he learned his skills with great chefs in palaces such as the Plaza Athénée or the Crillon before launching his own tables. “We learn to cook with that of others and then one day we make our own”, he proclaims. It now has 5 restaurants in Paris (Le Grand Restaurant, Clover Green, Clover Grill, La Poule au pot, A épi d’or) with strong identities. “A place has to be unique so that it makes eaters want to come. ” So many opportunities for the gourmet who loves to pass on his know-how to share a little of his passion with his dinner guests. “What characterizes France is not the cuisine, it’s the table. “

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