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Jean Imbert, the clever copyist of the Plaza Athénée

2022-01-21T16:20:56.478Z


GASTRONOMIC CRITICISM - The former winner of "Top Chef" is not unanimous. Unlike the critic of Figaro Scope, thrilled by his classical score in the Parisian palace, our columnist regrets his lack of creativity, soul and insolence.


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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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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Source: lefigaro

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