The beautiful and the delicious: a story of taste
Monday 9 September —
16:00
- 16:45
The Talks
Description
At a time when culinary and design fascinate an ever-growing audience, chefs and architects are working hand in hand. Let's look at the links they made between gustatory, visual and sensory experience.
Nos partenaires : MINI
Participants
Pierre HerméChef & chocolatier
Yannick AllénoChef
Chahan MinassianArchitect, designer, gallery owner
Catherine RoigJournalist
Pierre Hermé
Chef & chocolatier
With “pleasure as his only guide”, Pierre Hermé invents his own world of tastes, sensations and pleasures. The man that Vogue USA calls the “Picasso of Pastry” creates modern Haute-Pâtisserie, recognized all over the world. An heir to four generations of Alsatian bakers, Pierre Hermé began his apprenticeship with Gaston Lenôtre. His career continued with other big names, including Fauchon, before creating Pierre Hermé Paris in 1997 with Charles Znaty. An inspired designer, Pierre Hermé up-ends the traditions of his profession. His work and bold spirit make him an essential name in French gastronomy. Voted Best Pastry Chef in the World by the Academy of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2016, this pastry chef and chocolatier puts his technical mastery, talent and creativity at the service of the world’s gourmands.
Yannick Alléno
Chef
Alléno took over the culinary management of Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris, and created Alléno Paris, which, just seven months later, was awarded 3 stars in the Michelin Guide. In 2015, he was elected Chef of the Year by Andrews Harpers and Gault & Millau France. In 2016, Yannick Alléno was elected chef of the year by Gault & Millau Morocco and the 13th Best Chef in the World by Le Chef Magazine. In 2017, the Alléno restaurant in Courchevel (Le 1947 at Cheval Blanc) was awarded a third Michelin star, the highest recognition and a historical distinction for this chef who now runs two three-star restaurants. Yannick Alléno is part of the very closed circle of the greatest chefs in the world. Truly enthusiastic, he devotes his life to his passion and is dedicated to a resolutely French cuisine, rich in heritage and ambitious in creativity. This visionary approach to the culinary arts, which matches expertise and excellence with audacity, leads him to experiment unceasingly to find the purest of flavors, its quintessence. Curious and demanding, he pushes established boundaries and lays the foundation for a cuisine with a strong identity: Modern Cuisine. Today, this multi-starred chef runs sixteen restaurants around the world.
Chahan Minassian
Architect, designer, gallery owner
Chahan Minassian can be defined as an “eye”. Sharp, precise, selective, refined – he applies it to all of his activities: interior design, decoration, curating, galleries, and design. Of Armenian origin, born in the Lebanon, he is based in Paris since 1976. He has always maintained an international life style. With his signature style, he is considered as one of the notable Parisian interior designers. After seven years as the European creative director of Ralph Lauren, he creates in 1993 Chahan interior design. Projects multiply in North America, Europe and the Far East from commercial spaces for luxury brands to private residences. In 1999, Chahan interior design opens a confidential showroom in the heart of the carré rive gauche to welcome clients. These multicultural activities in association with his esthetics allow him to set and impose the « Chahanian style »; a mixture of textures, lighting, collections, pure lines, historical and timeless designs. These personalized atmospheres are presented in luxurious and serene surroundings. Since 2001, he participates in several art and design fairs and exhibitions including the “pavillon des antiquaires, le pavillon des arts et du design “, “collective design” and “the salon New York”, presenting to the public his vision and esthetics. In February 2008, Chahan gallery opens at 11 rue de Lille extending the visibility of curation for his interiors. This space allows him to show his mid-century furniture collections and to hold, twice yearly, exhibitions for the artists he represents. In March 2011, Chahan redefines the different spaces of the m building in the Miami art district, opening his new showroom on the American east coast. In September 2014, Chahan interior design extends to a new design and architectural studio at 47 rue de Verneuil. In June 2017, he delivers the spaces he renovated at the hotel de Crillon : the bar “les ambassadeurs”, le jardin d’hiver, l’ecrin gastronomic restaurant , la cave, the spa, the swimming pool, the louis xv and Bernstein suites and the three ateliers d’artistes. For this project, he is awarded best interior design and architecture in a hotel in Europe, as well as best bar by villegiature 2018. In the same year he is awarded best motor yacht of the year for m/y faith (a 96,55 meter superyacht), as well best displacement motor yacth 2000gt and above vy the world superyachts awards. He is currently working on diverse projects including town houses in London, a palazzo in Venice, chalets in gstaad and kitzbuhel, a 1920’s house in Zurich, a city house in Geneva, prestigious apartments in New York, private jets, and various retail spaces in Paris. In January 2019 he opens Chahan design gallery, in a new space next to Chahan gallery on rue de Lille; this gallery is exclusively dedicated to his furniture and lighting designs. Year after year, his inspirations have evolved into a wide range of different collections that reflect his esthetics. For the Venice biennale 2019, he will be curating and interior designing the famous abbazia di san gregorio in partnership with the world-renowned colnaghi gallery. Room after room lifestyled spaces will be combining old master paintings and sculptures with 20th century making designer furniture. The spirit of the 18th and 19th century collector will be revived.
Catherine Roig
Journalist
A journalist specialized in lifestyle and gastronomy, Catherine Roig was Editor-in-Chief (Magazine, Lifestyle) at ELLE for over twenty years. She was also editorial director at Version Femina for two years. She is the author of a variety of books, including #SOSRECETTES (Hachette Cuisine), published in 2019.