The magazine “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” (Twitter), presented live by Laurent Delahousse just after the 8 p.m. news on France 2, recounts an unprecedented moment in the life of a personality, behind the scenes of an event or a place belonging to collective history. Reports that reveal “the little story in the big one”, to leaf through like a family album. This new issue of season 4 of “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” tells how Paul Bocuse took the chefs to the Elysée…
The day when > Paul Bocuse brings chefs out of the shadows
Paul Bocuse is one of the greatest French chefs of the 20th century. It was consecrated in 1965 by obtaining three stars awarded by the Michelin Guide. A herald of the new cuisine, the Lyonnais has in particular achieved a masterstroke: it is thanks to him that the chefs have come out of the anonymity of the kitchens to now be in the light. “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” tells how this chef managed to invite himself to the Elysée, at the table of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, with his whole band of great cooks… from a simple salad of green beans!
And also, powerful, friends…
News > At the table of the powerful
Cooking can also be a political weapon… This is called “gastro-diplomacy”. Whether it is to bury the hatchet or conduct negotiations, the greats of this world do not hesitate to use it…”I need cooks more than diplomats“, said Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838) at the Congress of Vienna, after Napoleon’s defeat. Today, nothing has changed, or almost… especially in France. This is how diplomacy is played out in the ‘plate…
Bonus > The table of friends
What is one of Lino Ventura, Jean Gabin and Bernard Blier’s favorite dishes? A good stew…shared with friends.
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– Paul Bocuse, the sacred fireby Eve-Marie Zizza-Lalu (ed. Glénat).
– Memory of French cuisine, interviews with Benoît Peeters, by Michel Guérard (ed. Albin Michael).
– Chief’s Memoirsby Nicolas Chatenier (Textual ed.).
– At the diplomatic table. The history of France told through its great meals (1520-2015)under the direction of Laurent Stefanini (ed. Folio/Gallimard).
Non-exhaustive list.
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