The Escoffier Museum is 50 years old this year, and an anniversary calls for celebration…
For an anniversary, you have a party, give gifts… Not always a stove, it’s true, but the opportunity was too good and the topic very timely for this little gem of a museum, which is the culinary art museum of Villeneuve-Loubet. You know, this unique museum in France, built in the birthplace of the great chef Auguste Escoffier.
Spotted at an antique dealer at the Saint-Ouen Flea Market — a certain François Bachelier, well known among chefs searching for antique utensils (18th and 19th centuries) — the said stove now holds a place of honor within the museum: made of black cast iron, 2.5 meters long, it dates from the era of Auguste Escoffier, who might have known it.
My impressions:
Firstly, I found it cute that there are pots to bring this stove to life. François Bachelier, enchanted by the museum, promised to renew them regularly.
Secondly, I tried, just to see, to lift the largest of the pots: one thing is certain, there must not have been many women in the kitchen back then…
The good deal:
Until October 31st, Aurélie Sartres and Pascal Lattes, two notable artists from the culinary world, are taking over the museum’s halls and paying tribute to the spirit of the place, the collections, today’s chefs, and their creations. Open your eyes wide, illustrated, sketched, immortalized gastronomy is in the spotlight!
Exhibition “THE LOOK AND THE HAND… AND SHOULD WE KEEP THE BEST FOR LAST?” Until October 31, 2016.
Find out more: https://mikuy.fr/agenda/
