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Fredy Girardet

Chef of the year Giovannini, on pistachios

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The year the second chef became the owner Yesterday I learned I am one of the 80-85% of people who eat at the Hôtel de Ville Crissier who, as it turns out, are local folk, not tourists from abroad at all. Franck Giovannini, head chef, gave some of us the figure when we spoke after lunch, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Benoît Violier, Brigitte Violier, Cave des Amandiers Fully, Chartreuse, Chasselas, Domaine de la Colombe Féchy, Franck Giovannini, Fredy Girardet, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Louis Villeneuve, Philippe Rochat, Syrah

Dinner with Fredy Girardet

16/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

by guest Ellen Wallace, editor, GenevaLunch I’ve been waiting for years to say I had dinner with Fredy Girardet. Unfortunately for me, the world’s chef of the century (New York Times labeled him thus) retired and closed his restaurant in Crissier before I managed to get there for dinner. You can imagine my delight, then, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: catering, chef, Crissier, Domaine de Fischer, Féchy, Fredy Girardet, Interviews with great chefs, Lazare Slaquer, Michel Hug, Philippe Rochat, restaurant, RSH, Vaud

New Vaud AOC wine rules spark battle for top slots

16/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wine producers in the small (population: 700) village of Féchy, above the lakeside town of Rolle, met Friday 12 June for the annual “baptism” of their Vigne du Monde, vintage 2008. It was a remarkably charming event, held next to the landmark hillside white chapel, with the sun shining, the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: AOC, Bonvillars, Chablais, Côtes-de-l'Orbe, Crissier, Féchy, Food and Drink, Fredy Girardet, Gilles Cornut, Jean-Luc Kursner, La Côte, Lavaux, Rolle, Salquenen, Swiss news, Swiss wine, terroir, Vaud, Vétroz, Vigne du Monde, Vully, wine

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