In the hit documentary series Chef's Table, four episodes were devoted to exceptionally talented French chefs. Among them, Alexandre Couillon and his restaurant La Marine, which he runs with his wife Céline in Noirmoutier-en-l'île (Vendée). Since its opening in 1999, after inheriting the establishment from his parents, the chef has always followed a strict morning ritual: every day, at dawn, he chooses the pick of the fish landed at the port, and the best vegetables from his very own vegetable garden. With these local foods, he offers a “marine and plant-based” cuisine that aims to be especially mindful of its environment.

In 2017, the family moved its main restaurant to Ouches, a few kilometers from Roanne, and inaugurated Le Bois Sans Feuille. Michel gave up his place to his son, Caesar. Having been trained at the Bocuse Institute, and now under the caring eye of his father, he offers a three-star menu, which varies according to the inspiration of the day, which might include caramelized porcini mushroom cap, pigeon with cocoa and capers and chocolate narcissus. Surely enough to perpetuate the Troisgros legend.

Do you remember that day when Emily Cooper, arriving in a splendid Provençal restaurant with Gabriel, confused her seat with a stool intended for her handbag? In Emily in Paris, the establishment is called L'Esprit du Lubéron, and is a source of inspiration for Gabriel and his own projects as a chef. But in reality, the venue is Le Clover, inaugurated in 2019 in Gordes, a magnificent fortified village in Lubéron, and run by Jean-François Piège, renowned Michelin-starred chef.