this farmer feeds his chickens with kouign-amann

Geste’s chickensL are very round: “That’s a big daddy who weighs about eight kilos”shows Yannick Lomenech, breeder. Either the equivalent of three classic chickens. His secret ? It’s the kouign-amann diet that he gives to his chickens. Supermarkets and bakeries give him their unsold goods. He collects forty kilos of free cakes every week. This former researcher then mixes kouign-amann, turmeric, crepe and milk. The chickens weigh less than a kilo when they arrive at the farm, they weigh eight, four months later.

Customers and restaurants won over

“Succulent! You cook it, there’s no need to water it, it’s fantastic”, according to a client of Yannick Lomenech. It costs thirty euros per chicken for eight people. “Once you have tasted this one, you can no longer eat the others”, says another. Star chefs are also won over, like Nicolas le Tirrand, chef of the Sources restaurant. “The food that Yannick gives to his poultry is what will make the skin much more tender and it will bring this creaminess to the flesh”he explains.