Alexandre Gauthier: Chef, La Grenouillre

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Since 2003, Alexandre Gauthier has been the chef at La Grenouill\u00e8re, a 16th-century farmhouse by the river Canche in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil in northern France. There, he creates a highly personal cuisine, a snapshot of every season. Powerful, warm, sensuous, earthy yet delicate, it rests on the building blocks of a classic French cuisine that he has stripped of its formality and unnecessary intricacies. In this lush volume, superb photographs by Marie Pierre Morel showcase Gauthier's food and the beauty of the region, where La Grenouill\u00e8re has become an important destination for food lovers from all over the world. Here, he offers 100 of his culinary creations to read, to cook, to consider.

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Alexandre Gauthier is the chef-owner of La Grenouillre, located in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil in the Pas-de-Calais department of France. In 2007 he opened Froggys Tavern, a modern grill restaurant also in Montreuil-sur-Mer, followed in 2009 by Les Grandes tables du Channel, his new restaurant in Calais. Alexandre Gauthier is a regular speaker at culinary festivals and seminars worldwide and has twice been invited to cook at Fou de France an event that showcases promising French talent.