Troisgros
Who knew that when Jean-Baptiste Troisgros and his wife Marie opened a small restaurant with rooms in Roanne in 1930 that it would last until today? Their sons Jean and Pierre trained under some of the finest chefs in France so that they could transform their parents' excellent local establishment into a gourmet restaurant when they took over in the 1950s. Now Troisgros is in the hands of a third generation, Michel and his wife Marie-Pierre. You would expect a restaurant with so much history to be stuck in tradition, but Michel's cooking is profoundly modern. He stays true to the French style, but borrows global influences from his Italian maternal grandmother and his travels to Asia and the US.
Behind the stove:
Michel Troisgros and Head Chef Florent Boivin
What they say:
"La Maison Troisgros is one of France's most celebrated temples to haute cuisine." Aoife O'Riordain, The Independent on Sunday
New dish of the year:
Curd Cheese with Truffle
Not a lot of people know that:
Michel and Marie-Pierre are converting an abandoned farm outside of Roanne into an inn set to open this June
Place Jean Troisgros, 42300 Roanne, France+33 (0)4 77 71 66 97
www.troisgros.fr
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