Lyon chef Christophe Marguin has collected the largest pages of the official menus of the French State and the British Crown. A treasure of more than 4,000 pieces that he has decided to sell at auction on May 31 in Paris.
Dinners served by General de Gaulle to John Fitzgerald Kennedy in June 1961, meals for Napoleon III dating from March 1, 1968, receptions of the greatest heads of state and the Queen of England, for almost 40 years. “At the beginning of the 20th century when there was an official meal, people only had that to do. At that time, there was no TV, today's means of transport, etc. So when it's a meal, it'sA meal, with ten courses,” explains the Lyon chef.