L'Hôtellerie Restauration, auteur/autrice sur Le 10 Minutes Hôtelier - Page 10

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Insolite : l’hôtel Astra Opera rend hommage aux étoiles

🎭 In Paris, the Astra Opera hotel, owned by the Cachan family and designed by Philippe Maidenberg, pays tribute to Daniel Auteuil, Marie-Agnès Gillot, the Bouglione family, and Claudie Haigneré in its 73 rooms. The hotel offers a choice of four thematic decors to guests upon reservation, with the Gillot-themed rooms at the 7th floor being particularly popular for their views of Paris. After a two-year renovation, the hotel now features a mixed-use ground floor, a new spa with a 10-meter pool, treatment cabins, sauna, hammam, and a fitness room. Maidenberg is planning to renovate the adjacent Caumartin hotel next.

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La fermentation a le vent en poupe

🌿 Chef Mauro Colagreco showcases ancestral fermentation techniques at his triple Michelin-starred restaurant Mirazur in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes), offering naturally leavened bread, non-alcoholic fermented drinks (kéfir, kombucha, natural sparkling beverages), vinegars, pickles, and lacto-fermented vegetables. Stéphane Enault, chef of Les Roseaux pensants in Cormery (Indre-et-Loire), uses fermentation for culinary staples like kimchi, tempeh, and miso, aiming to express local terroir and explore flavor enhancement. This sustainable practice aligns with the circular gastronomy philosophy by using all parts of plants and managing surplus from their five hectares of permaculture and biodynamic gardens, preventing waste and creating a diverse culinary experience.

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Literie : la nouvelle donne hôtelière

🏠 The salon EquipHotel 2024 will be held from November 3-7 at Porte de Versailles in Paris, featuring a pavilion (hall 7.1) combining wellness and bedding. Tediber Pro will present its 'Grand Ours' range, offering a lifetime maintenance service. Dunlopillo boasts an eco-designed, 100% renewable foam, while Tréca recycles bath linen. Mattresses with removable, washable anti-dust mite covers and hypoallergenic, stain-resistant fabrics are gaining popularity. LumiPod offers high-end, nature-ready rooms set up in 48 hours, and Window Paris provides sustainable French-textile curtains within 30 kilometers of its production sites.

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Talents : Fanny Rey et Jonathan Wahid, l’Auberge de Saint-Rémy

🏠 In Provence, the podcast "Talents" by L’Hôtellerie Restauration features Fanny Rey and Jonathan Wahid this summer. The couple revitalized an old coaching inn into a Michelin-starred restaurant and a charming hotel at the Auberge de Saint-Rémy in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Working as "artisans of happiness and taste," they emphasize passion, daily management, and team strength in their approach to hospitality.

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[Podcast] Quelle est la carte idéale ?

🍳 Bernard Boutboul, director of Gira and author at SOS Experts, recommends for restaurant menus: a short menu suggests quality and helps with staff shortages, dynamic presentation with fewer set menus, shared ranges, no decimals in pricing as that's for supermarkets, not sorting by price, include a few vegetarian options for the 51% of flexitarians, and having more expensive à la carte options due to rising prices. He also advises against using too many fonts and suggests chalkboards as an effective way to present the menu.

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Maison Hamelin, le chic d’un atelier de couture à hôtel

🎡 In Paris, Maison Hamelin, a 4-star hotel with 65 rooms and suites, opened on July 11 near Trocadéro and Champs-Élysées. Designed by Maison Malapert, it's the first Parisian hotel of the Handwritten Collection by Accor launched in January 2023. It features couture-inspired design, with nods to Brittany from the Gad family. Amenities include well-being spaces with a gym, sauna, hammam, and a meeting room for 10, overseen by hotel director Mickael Rousseau.

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Marie-Victorine Manoa entre deux eaux

🍽 Gérard Depardieu and Marc Veyrat are former key figures associated with Fontaine Gaillon, Paris. Now under Fitz Group, with a redesign by Spanish architect Lazaro Rosa-Volan, the establishment aims to attract a broader clientele. Consultant Marie-Victorine Manoa, trained by renowned chefs René Redzepi and Daniel Humm, had planned to open her own restaurant in September in the Xe arrondissement, but the deal fell through. Targeting an end-of-year opening for her venue, she’s working on a menu that includes both classic bistro dishes and unique recipes like Tian de légumes. The staff is gender-balanced and offers continuous service from breakfast to dinner.

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Laurent Garrido nommé directeur général de l’InterContinental Marseille–Hotel Dieu

📌 Laurent Garrido, with a background from Cornell-Essec and experience in Mauritius, Tahiti, Evian, Montreux, Marrakech, and La Baule, has been appointed as the General Manager of the InterContinental Marseille–Hotel Dieu. He previously managed resort transformations and development projects in the hospitality and health sectors before taking over the helm at InterContinental Marseille.

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Huîtres Rockefeller au BBQ cresson de fontaine et pancetta

🍴 Serving 4 people, the recipe features 12 Ostra Regal oysters (No. 1-2) enhanced with a garniture including 1 teaspoon butter, diced garlic, pancetta strips, white wine, and finely chopped watercress or spinach, topped with cream, Parmesan, and Panko breadcrumbs. Cooking involves sautéing garlic and pancetta, deglazing with wine, adding greens, cream, then grilling oysters with the mixture until golden. Fresh cresson leaves, capucine flower petals, and crispy pancetta strips garnish the dish. Prep tip: make garniture ahead and refrigerate for easier oyster filling.

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Les restaurateurs parisiens à l’épreuve des Jeux olympiques, édito du journal du 2 août

🏅 Paris Olympic Games' opening ceremony took place last Friday. Local Parisian business, especially cafes and restaurants, faced security measures throughout July, leading to a revenue drop of 20-25%, with some areas seeing activity decreases up to 80%, as reported by Alain Fontaine, president of the French Association of Master Restaurateurs. Despite long-term positive economic impact predictions by the Medef president, local professionals remain anxious.

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