Refugee Food
Refugee Food was born out of a week-long festival held throughout France: restaurateurs open their kitchens to collaborate with refugee cooks to create four-hand menus. Created in 2016 by Marine Mandrila and Louis Martin, the project aims to change perceptions about refugees through cooking, accelerate their socio-professional integration, and promote fair and sustainable food for […]
Les Petites Cantines
Diane Dupré La Tour came up with the idea of creating a friendly canteen after local residents reached out to her at a difficult time in her life. Meals are an important part of our day, a time for sharing, exchanging and interacting… Unfortunately, many people spend them alone. Les Petites Cantines offers a convivial […]
Damien Duquesne
Many people know chef Damien Duquesne from his famous 750 g website. He now devotes his time to his Parisian restaurant and the environment. Conscious of the urgency of climate change, his goal is to raise restaurant owners’ awareness as much as possible. After the Covid crisis, he worked on the development of a new-generation […]
Michel Sarran
It was in Saint-Martin-d’Armagnac, at his mother’s farmhouse inn, that Michel Sarran discovered cooking. He quickly acquired a taste for it, and developed a talent that led to an internship with Alain Ducasse. After that, one thing followed on from another: apprenticeship with Michel Guérard, second-in-command to three-starred chef Jean-Michel Lorain, chef of two restaurants, […]
Le Baobab
The Association Le Baobab was founded in 2014 through the initiative of nursing staff at the Children’s Hospital of Toulouse University Hospital. The association’s main aim is to improve the quality of life of children suffering from chronic, acute, cancer-related, nursing, end-of-life or bereavement pain. The organization raises funds for equipment, the development of non- […]
Olivier Roellinger
© Photo credit: Benoît Teiller An iconic Breton chef, Olivier Roellinger is also a writer and a thinker of gastronomy, renowned for placing flavor, spices, and meaning at the very heart of cooking. Based in Cancale, in his childhood home, he earned three Michelin stars for his restaurant at Les Maisons de Bricourt, before voluntarily […]
Olivier Roellinger competition
The Olivier Roellinger Competition, co-founded by Ethic Ocean, the Lycée Hôtelier de Dinard, FERRANDI Paris and Relais & Châteaux, mobilizes those involved in the catering industry (professionals and students, cooks and waiters) around the challenges of preserving aquatic resources. As the real link between fishing and aquaculture professionals and consumers, chefs have a vital role […]
Ma chance moi aussi (My chance too)
Ma Chance Moi Aussi is an association that works against social determinism in priority education areas. By supporting children in great vulnerability, those from families with educational fragility, the association is committed to supporting them through comprehensive and preventive support from the age of 6 and until the end of middle school if necessary. By […]
Mercotte
In France, when you think of pastry chefs, food critics and TV hosts, you immediately think of Mercotte. Although cooking was not an innate talent for her, her perfectionism and perseverance have made her a household name in the culinary world. With TV shows, a personal blog, cookery books and mobile apps, Mercotte is one […]
Olivier Chaput
Olivier Chaput has been passionate about cooking from an early age. He enrolled at the Lycée Hôtelier in Limoges, then took the plunge and opened his first restaurant at the age of 26, with a special feature: no children’s menu, so as not to confine youngsters to simple dishes like steak and French fries or […]
Les Enfants Cuisinent
Les Enfants Cuisinent (The Children Cook), an association founded by Olivier Chaput in 2011, promotes healthy, tasty food among children and young people. Its actions revolve around three initiatives: The chef, who is campaigning for cooking to be taught in schools, wants to encourage future generations to eat well, cook regularly and talk about health…
Antoine Alléno
The Antoine Alléno association assists families who have lost a loved one under the age of 25 to road homicide, providing human, psychological, legal, administrative and financial support. It also works to raise awareness among all those concerned by these issues, and mobilizes citizens and public authorities to bring about change, particularly in terms of […]