This is where we tell it like it tastes. From restaurants and food tours to local festivals, craft beer, and market finds—these reviews cover the full flavour spectrum of France. Every review is written by a working chef, not a PR writer or influencer on a freebie. That means honest opinions, sharp insights, and a healthy obsession with quality.
We review food wherever we find it. That might mean an €80 tasting menu or a €4 galette from a Breton food truck. The only rule? It has to be real, rooted, and worth talking about.
If I wouldn’t bring my wife, my kid, or my hungriest friend there—I’m not recommending it. Life’s too short for bad bread and warm beer.
Written on 6 May 2025, after a morning immersed in flour, butter, and pure Parisian bread bliss. It seems an improbable place to hold a food festival—the Parvis of Notre-Dame, surrounded by selfie sticks and blaring sirens, the endless churn of traffic and the thunder of bells rolling across the square. But maybe that’s the … Read more
It’s Top Chef season in France, and my daughter—tiny Parisian royalty that she is—requested a pilgrimage to the temple of televised gastronomy: Bistro des Chefs. Tucked into a hulking roadside structure in Pantin and co-owned (at least in name) by Stéphane Rotenberg, the show’s silver-tongued presenter, this place isn’t just a bistro—it’s a brand. Backed … Read more
It started with crates of Bordeaux in the boot and a Friday night drive across Paris. I was the passenger. My best friend was behind the wheel. The wine was fresh from one of our favourite vignerons, and we were on a mission that ended, as all good missions do, with a surprise dinner and … Read more
I walked in to La Grand Épicerie de Paris ready to hate it. Not mild irritation or a polite shake of the head. Full chef-mode disdain. I wanted to rip it apart—aisle by overpriced aisle—exposing it as the bougie food theme park I was certain it had become. And honestly? It is.But it’s also kind … Read more
Think Paris is just for wine lovers? Think again. The city’s beer scene is an intriguing counter-culture movement, a rebellion against the dominance of wine, fueled by passionate brewers and a growing community of beer lovers. Paris may not be a global craft beer capital, but it offers something different—a unique mix of creativity, subversive … Read more
Crack open a proper pint, because Paris Beer Week 2025 isn’t just for bearded brewers and Instagram IPA nerds. It’s for anyone who gives a damn about good beer. This is the 8th year I’ve been involved—part guide, part glass-runner, part behind-the-scenes volunteer—and trust me, it’s still one of the best grassroots beer festivals in … Read more
It starts with a table. Not a white-linen, flute-of-champagne kind of table—but a large foldable plastic table covered with thick red linen and surrounded by six flake-focused humans, each about to eat their way through the buttery dreams of Paris’ best boulangers. And I, somehow, had a seat. The Setting: A Cathedral of Crumbs The … Read more
If you think bread is just a side dish in France, you haven’t been to the Paris Bread Festival. For 11 buttery, flour-flecked days in May, the air around Notre-Dame turns into a symphony of crust crackles and rising dough. This isn’t your average foodie event—it’s a full-blown homage to the boulangers who keep Paris … Read more
Looking for the most trusted Paris restaurant guide in 2025? With the internet drowning in AI-written listicles and tourist-driven hype, it’s never been more important to seek out human-curated lists created by people who actually live and eat here. As a chef living in Paris, I constantly get asked where I eat, who I trust, … Read more
Porto is one of those cities that pulls you back in. Maybe it’s the warmth—not just of the sun, but of the people. Maybe it’s the food, cheap and honest. Or maybe it’s the wine, which, on this trip, I realised just how little I knew about. Either way, this wasn’t our first trip, and … Read more