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How does one decipher the delicious from the exceptionally delicious? Here’s our selections of 3 star restaurants in Paris.

Restaurant Guy Savoy: Described as sophisticated and elegant, Guy Savory defines cooking as “the art of transforming ingredients laden with history into Joy!” Average price per person: €110-360. Reservations are a must.

Address: Monnaie de Paris, 11 quai de Conti, Paris, France, 75006
Telephone: +33 1 43 80 40 61
Email: reserv@guysavory.com
Website: www.guysavoy.com

L’Ambroisie: With their “ode to exceptional products,” l’Ambroisie offers an intimate and refined atmosphere for dinners. Average price per person: €210-330.

Address: 9 Place des Vosges, Paris, France, 75004
Telephone: +33 1 42 78 51 45
Website: www.ambroisie-paris.com

Le Meurice Alain Ducasse: Inspired by the royal apartments of Versailles,  Le Meurice Alain Ducasse uses the finest ingredients to serve classic dishes their way. Average price per person: €85(lunch)-380(dinner)

Address: Hôtel Le Meurice, 228 rue de Rivoli, Paris, France, 75001
Telephone: +33 1 44 58 10 55
Email: restaurant.lmp@dorchestercollection.com
Website: www.alain-ducasse.com

Arpège: Using all organic produce, Chef Alain Passard creates astonishing dishes that focus on using all of your 5 senses. Average price per person: €270-340.

Address: 84 rue de Varenne, Paris, France, 75007
Telephone: +33 1 47 05 09 06
Email: arpege.passard@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.alain-passard.com/fr/

Épicure: In the gourmet capital of the world, Eric Frechon matches classic French cuisine with unusual ingredients for an astounding effect. Average price per person: €250-330.

Address: 112 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France, 75008
Telephone: +33 1 53 43 43 40
Website: www.lebristolparis/eng/gastronomy/epicure/

Pierre Gagnaire: In this contemporary setting, dazzling dishes are prepared with eclectic ingredients. Average price per person: €150-350

Address: 6 rue Balzac, Paris, France, 75008
Telephone: +33 1 58 36 12 50
Email: p.gagnaire@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.pierre-gagnaire.com/#/balzac/Maison_Gagnaire

Astrance: In this restaurant, there is no menu or à la carte choices, just a ‘surprise menu’ with a creative flair at each sitting prepared by Chef Pascal Barbot. Average price per person: €70-230.

Address: 4 rue Beethoven, Paris, France, 75016
Telephone: +33 1 40 50 84 40
Website: www.astrancerestaurant.com

Le Pré Catelan: Considering each dish to be a masterpiece, Chef Frédéric Anton’s transforms local produce into high-end gastronomy. Average price per person: €110-280.

Address: Le Pré Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, 75016
Telephone: +33 1 44 14 41 14
Website: www.restaurant.leprecatelan.com

Due  to cultural differences, be advised that even if menus and dishes may appear very expensive, portions may be very tiny.  In any case, a dinner at a chef’s restaurant will offer an exclusive experience for dining in Paris.

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Paris, capitale gastronomique du monde, offre pléthore de cours de cuisine aux voyageurs, chacun proposant une expertise ou des connaissances particulières à ceux qui souhaitent apprendre ou se perfectionner dans le domaine culinaire.  Mais si n’importe quel cours vous apprend facilement les bases de la cuisine, votre capacité à saisir les concepts plus évolués dépend vraiment de la méthode d’apprentissage. De nombreux cours ont lieu dans l’atelier d’un chef, sous la supervision d’un expert culinaire aux méthodes assez strictes. Vous serez sans doute plus observateur que participant dans ce cas, et la rigidité du système de cuisine française peut se réveler un peu stressante pour les néophytes et peut vous laisser l’impression que vous ne serez jamais capable de reproduire chez vous tout ce qu’on vous a montré.

C’est là que Perrine intervient. Sa passion pour la cuisine l’a conduite à prendre elle-même des cours dans des ateliers aussi prestigieux que Le Cordon Bleu ou l’Atelier Ducasse, deux institutions spécialisées dans la cuisine française. Elle a même fait une apparition dans une émission de télévision aux côtés de Christophe Michalak, champion du monde de pâtisserie, et de Jonathan Blot, le “magicien des macarons”.

Contrairement à d’autres classes, les cours de Perrine se déroulent à son domicile. Elle invite ainsi les participants à partager sa propre cuisine, dans un contexte informel et très détendu, où le mot de “participant” prend tout son sens : chacun met la main à la pâte et prépare lui-même le repas qui sera partagé ensuite, sous la supervision bienveillante de Perrine. Et bonne nouvelle : bien que vous prépariez de la vraie cuisine française, les recettes de Perrine ne contiennent jamais d’ingrédient impossible à trouver facilement et ne mettent pas en oeuvre de technique impossible à reproduire chez soi. Le but est vraiment que chacun puisse facilement cuisiner son repas seul afin de pouvoir reproduire la même chose aisément une fois de retour à la maison.

Au-delà du cours de cuisine traditionnel, Perrine propose aussi un Atelier Tout Autour du Fromage, qui a lieu dans une boutique spécialisée réputée où vous découvrirez non seulement le procédé de vieillissement du fromage mais aussi la façon d’accorder correctement vos vins et vos fromages ; également, un Atelier de 2 heures de Pâtisserie (les enfants adorent !) ou encore un Atelier de 3 heures Tout Macarons  pour ceux qui souhaitent un peu plus de challenge…

Autre caractéristique des cours de Perrine : la possibilité de profiter d’un tour au marché avec elle avant votre cours de cuisine. Perrine vous emmène ainsi déambuler dans les allées d’un marché parisien traditionnel où vous apprendrez comment sélectionner vos produits frais et de saison pour préparer le ou les plats que vous cuisinerez ensuite. Grâce à cette étape, vous faites l’expérience de la gastronomie française dans son ensemble, et pas uniquement de l’aspect cuisine pur. Les visites au marché peuvent être ajoutées à la plupart des ateliers de cuisine, à condition de vous y prendre à l’avance, dans la mesure où les marchés parisiens ne sont pas ouverts tous les jours de la semaine.

La personnalité charmante et enjouée de Perrine, son accueil chaleureux et la variété des ateliers qu’elle propose, tout cela réunit vous permettra de vivre une expérience culinaire inédite, dont vous garderez le souvenir longtemps après votre retour à la mason.

Pour qui:  Tout le monde !
Combien: à partir de 110 € / personne 
Durée: de 2 à 4 heures, en fonction de l’atelier. 
A noter : pour les visites de marchés, pensez à vous y prendre à l’avance pour être sûr de trouver une date où les marchés sont ouverts.  

Contactez nous dès maintenant pour réservez votre cours de cuisine et votre visite de marché !

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With over 40,000 restaurants in Paris alone, it can be overwhelming to decipher which ones are the best and then which ones you want to try. After reading this classification of French restaurants in Paris, you’ll know exactly what to look for the next time you work up an appetite!

Classification by Cuisine of Restaurant

• South-Western: geese, ducks, lamb, beef, boletus mushrooms, rabbit, Agen prunes, foie gras, Perigord truffles, and goat cheese are local foods. Most food is cooked with wine and traditional dishes include cassoulet, duck confit and magret, and foie gras.
• Corsican: goats, sheep, brocciu cheese, chestnuts, pigs, boars, fish, seafood, clementines, lemons, nectarines, and figs are local foods. Chestnuts are used to produce flour, which is then used to make bread and pastries. Traditional dishes include Corsican lamb, boar civet, veal with olives, and Flan from chestnut flour.
• West Indies: usually spicy food including shellfish, smoked fished, crab, conch, curry, tropical fruit. Traditional dishes include boudin, accras, féroce, matoutou, calalou, and colombo.
• Savoy Region: Based on a diet heavy in cheese and potatoes, traditional dishes include fondue, raclette and tartiflette. Savoy is also know for some of its white wines.
• Brittany Region: this region is known more for sweets but is also all about seafood – sea bass, monkfish, herring, scallops, sole, lobster, crayfish, and mussels.  Due to a large number of apples trees, apples are known to accompany dishes and to be made into cider. Traditional dishes include burbot  “à l’Armoricaine”, clafoutis, far breton, and crêpes.
• Burgundy Region: although mostly known for being the best wine region, it is also know for oysters, mussels, and scallops. Traditional dishes include kougin amann, plate of seafood, mussles “marinières”, and fish soup.

Classification by Type of Restaurant

• Traditional Parisian Brasserie: created in the 1870’s to serve beer, but most serve wine as well. Usually open all day every day, offering a consistant menu.
• Wine Bar: offer inexpensive drinks, and most offer a full range of vintage AOC wines. The menu is simple and usually served in smaller portions than what is found in a bistro or restaurant, more like fingerfood or side dish in fact.
• Bistros: usually a little smaller than a restaurant, menus are written on a chalkboard  or verbal. Many bistros feature regional cuisine and the wait stuff doesn’t necessarily have to be trained professionals.
• Café: popular for coffee and alcoholic drinks with some tables usually place outdoors. The food menu is usually limited to salads, sandwiches, and small speciality dishes like moules-frites (mussles with French fries). Cafés open very early in the morning and close around 8 or 9pm depending on the establishment.
• Restaurant: only open during certain times of the day (around meal times) and normally closed one day a week. A printed menu and prix-fixe menu must be offered. Waiters/waitresses are trained and knowledgeable professionals.
• Salon de Thé: normally what the rest of the world refers to as a café – offers a selection of sweets with teas, coffee, and hot chocolate but no alcoholic beverages. Many offer simple snacks as well. A Salon de Thé will open right before noon for lunch and usually close in the late afternoon.

Classification by Michelin Star Rating

Star restaurants are exceptional and a great choice for a specific occasion. In 2015, only 609 restaurants were starred in France!

• 1 Star: The food is consistently prepared to a high standard, a good place to stop on your journey
• 2 Star: The food is of excellent cuisine with skillfully and carefully crafted dishes, a restaurant worth a detour
• 3 Star: The food is of exceptional cuisine, superb dishes that are precisely executed, a restaurant worth a special journey

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Paris, the gastronomic capital of the world, provides an abundance of cooking classes to travelers, each offering their knowledge and expertise to those willing to learn. While any class can teach you the basics of French cooking, your ability to grasp the concepts depends on the method of instruction. Most cooking classes take place in a chef’s workshop under the direction of a strict culinary expert. Participation may not be as in-depth as you would like and the rigidity of the French cooking system can be a bit stressful and leave you wondering if learning how to cook is even worth it.

That’s where Perrine comes in. Her life-long passion for food has led her to enroll in workshops at Le Cordon Bleu and l’Atelier Ducasse, two prestigious culinary institutions specializing in the art of French cuisine. She has recently appeared on TV, cooking with world champion pastry chef, Christophe Michalak and “macaron magician” Jonathan Blot.

Unlike other French cooking classes, Perrine’s classes take place in her home. She invites travelers to share her personal cooking space in an informal, relaxed environment as they prepare their meals. Participants (only a maximum of 5 or 6 at a time, which makes it all the more personal and participative) tackle every task themselves as Perrine gently guides them through the process. Although you are preparing authentic French cuisine, Perrine’s recipes contain no hard-to-find ingredients or impossible techniques. The goal is for participants to feel comfortable preparing their meals alone in order to recreate them with ease once back in their hometown.

In addition to the original cooking workshops, Perrine also offers an All About Cheese Workshop at an award-winning cheese shop where you will learn about the aging process of cheese (as well as how to properly pair wine and cheese), a 2-hour Pastry Workshop popular among families with small children, and a 3-hour Macaron Workshop
for participants looking for more of a challenge.

Another unique aspect of Perrine’s classes is the market tour. Before your cooking workshop, Perrine takes you through an authentic Parisian market where you will learn how to select fresh produce to suit the meal that you will be preparing. In doing this, you will learn about the complete French cooking process, not just the actual meal preparation. Market tours can be added to most cooking workshops if planned in advance, as Paris markets only operate certain days of the week.

Perrine’s welcoming personality, charming home, and variety of workshop options are sure to delight any traveler looking for an authentic French culinary experience to take home with them.

For whom: Everybody!
How much: from 110 € / person 
Duration: 2 to 4 hours, depending on the class 
Please note: Paris markets are only open certain days of the week, so be sure to book in advance. 

Contact us now to book your cooking workshop and market tour !

ParisByM can help you plan your trip and save on your hotel in Paris : we can book your tickets for the monument visits, spare you time waiting in line, help you find a hotel in your budget, and provide you a full itinerary of what to do in Paris for the length of your stay.

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