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The (very) Parisian interview with Sarah Lavoine

Sarah Lavoine has established herself in a few years as a central figure in interior design in France. For Paris Select, she shared her best pleasure addresses in the capital…to be enjoyed without moderation! Sarah Lavoine, you are known for your faultless taste, your sense of color and light… what are the places where you find yourself comfortable, at ease, peaceful? What are your Parisian tips for our readers? ◊ A bar where to bask? Le Loulou, at the Museum of Decorative Arts. ◊ A restaurant to adopt? Lala cooks! The restaurant that I opened with my friend David Lahner in my flagship store on place des Victoires. ◊ A favorite market? The Raspail organic market, one of the rare organic markets in the capital (Sunday morning. Boulevard Raspail, between rue du Cherche-Midi and rue de Rennes, 75006), and also the Marché Président-Wilson. I go there for Joël Thiébault's vegetables, ultra-fresh fish and charcuterie. (Every Wednesday and Saturday. Avenue du President-Wilson, between rue Debrousse and place d'Iéna, 75016 Paris.) ◊ A spa where you can pamper yourself …

Gastronomy: meeting with Chef Akrame Benallal

Akrame Benallal is a powerful chef who cultivates a positive attitude! In his restaurant on rue Tronchet, the chef welcomes us with ease and shares his inspirations, values ​​and projects with us… A positive, communicative attitude! – What does Paris represent in your career as a chef? For me, Paris is a simply magical, inspiring and urban city, an open-air museum. It is a city that is strong in terms of positive energy. She teaches you to push yourself upwards and to fight for excellence, both in luxury and in gastronomy, which is my domain. – What are your sources of inspiration? My sources of inspiration are everywhere! You just have to have your eyes wide open on the world, on art as much as on the weather, the climate and happiness. It's all part of my sources of inspiration. You have to stay awake all the time and at all times. – What values ​​do you associate with your job?

Meeting with Ines de la Fressange: the Parisian style icon launches his first line of perfumes

Historically, Ines de la Fressange has been the ultimate personification of Parisian chic. No need to present this icon, both very feminine and relaxed, that the entire fashionsphere admires! On the occasion of the launch of its very first collection of perfumes, Paris Select set out to meet the former supermodel, who has turned into an author, designer and key figure in fashion. Paris Select: Has the idea of ​​creating a perfume been suggested to you or is it something that has been germinating in your head for a little while? Ines de la Fressange: I wanted to do it because I didn't really like what I was finding in perfumery lately and then I dreamed of a traditional perfume. From the great French perfumery, an elegant thing but not shaving! I was then suggested the idea but I knew it was going to be difficult… I got to the first date with the noses and I said to them 'listen I'm a terrible pain in the ass I hate everything, I don't' don't like these bottles, these smells ...

Meeting with the three-star chef, Yannick Alléno

He is one of the few chefs to have two three-star restaurants. After having cut his teeth in legendary palaces such as the Royal Monceau, the Lutetia or even Le Meurice, Yannick Alléno has decided to devote himself solely to his eponymous group, launched in 2008 as well as to his cooking school, created in partnership with Mauviel. Undoubtedly become one of the greatest chefs in the world, Yannick Alléno excels in the art of sublimating products ... Meeting with this juggernaut of French gastronomy. The origins of your passion? My passion for cooking obviously comes from my family. The desire to run the stove came from my cousin, Jean-Marc Aniel, cook at Mirman in La Canourgue. Determined to become a cook, I decided to train as a teenager and I had the chance to do so alongside great masters (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) such as Paul-Louis Meissonnier or Gabriel Biscay and especially Louis Grondard , 2-star chef at Drouant, with whom I stayed for five years. Your cult recipe? Linguines ...

Meeting with Anne-Sophie Pic, the 7-star chef

Anne-Sophie Pic became, in 2017, the most starred chef in the world with her 4 restaurants in Valence, Lausanne, Paris and London. Since this consecration, her cuisine has never ceased to shine throughout the world… Meet this great lady of French gastronomy. The origins of your passion? I lived a childhood open to discovery and taste because I saw my parents doing a fulfilling job, even if very demanding. They worked a lot and I lived next to them, I was led to taste and discover many flavors… My father always taught me that “experience is not transmitted, it is acquired”. However, he was able to inspire me with a passion that still lives in me today and nourishes my way of looking at my cuisine every day. Your cult recipe? The cartons! I use them in each of my establishments, each time drawing inspiration from local terroirs. They are very symbolic of my cuisine and constitute the quintessence of it, I would say. Your sources of inspiration? My sources of inspiration remain the product and the craftsmen...