Noon.
The door to the dining room opens: Françoise Bernachon-Bocuse, whom all the staff call “Madame Françoise”, enters the room.
In the center, a table covered with a white tablecloth has been set up.
It is here, in the only part of the restaurant that has not been rehabilitated, that this elegant dark-haired woman comes every day for lunch.
It was the personal dining room of his parents, Paul and Raymonde Bocuse, who died in January 2018 and June 2019 respectively. Their secret garden.
Surrounded by a well-stocked knick-knack cabinet and numerous family photos and press clippings hanging on the walls, the couple's eldest daughter seems to enjoy every moment of 2024, the centenary year of the famous starred inn of Collonges-au- Mont-d'Or, in the Rhône.
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