Jean Imbert is a clever one.
At 40, he has read Gouffé, Carême and Escoffier, like everyone else, but he prides himself on having drawn a revelation from them: after Mamie, the restaurant where he paid homage to his grandmother, here is in a way " Papis”, in the heart of the venerable Plaza Athénée.
To sweep away the legacy of the Ducasse era, its cereal-vegetable-fish "naturalness" and its maniacal codification of haute cuisine from peeling turnips to folding napkins, make way for the standardized cocorico repertoire at a time when didn't have gout at 50 had missed his life.
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his large restaurant at the Plaza Athénée
If there was a title of best worker in France in the social network category, Jean Imbert would be a formidable competitor.
The young man, mocked by part of the culinary establishment for his supposed unsuitability for such a position even before he tied his apron at the Plaza, has communicated perfectly since his appointment in June 2021. While overplaying the Calimero, he launched a clever storytelling on the theme “tribute…
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