After the Ernée market last March, France Bleu Mayenne offers you a special program “Dans la cuisine d’un chef” on Thursday October 20 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. live from the Château-Gontier market.
For this exceptional program, a chef will be the special guest this Thursday, October 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. live from the large Château-Gontier market. His mission : with 30 eurosthe Chef will have to do his shopping and create a menu for 6 persons. People present in the market will then be invited to taste what the chef has prepared.
For this operation directly on the Château-Gontier market, it is Bruno Emery, Chef of the restaurant L’Aquarelle in Saint-Fort (53) who will have to show imagination and cook the products sold at the market. He will concoct a complete menu, starter + main course + dessert.
The big market of Château-Gontier
Every Thursday morning, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the large Château-Gontier market sets up its stalls on the promenades of the Resistance, rue Gambetta, place de la République, place du pillory, rue des Pintiers, place Paul Doumer and rue Razilly.
The big market of Château-Gontier(53) is the most important and renowned in the region. There are more than 80 “regular” barges, non-sedentary traders. Over the course of the different seasons, onlookers can also find about fifteen additional stalls there which come to occupy the places left vacant or dedicated to passing shops. Don’t miss the 15 to 20 food and/or live poultry producers installed on the Promenade de la Resistance.
“These traders give a certain charm to this market. – ©chateaugontier.fr
A historic market in Château-Gontier
At the gathering place in Mayenne, the commune of Château-Gontier has always seen farmers from the Mayenne region converge there in order to market their local products. In its history, the weekly market of Château-Gontier was held not every Thursday, but on Saturday mornings.
“It was in 1652 that Thursday became a single market around the halls built in the 15th century and replaced by the current halls in 1892, with an animal market added to it every week. ©chateaugontier.fr
– France Blue