Claire TRIMOLET
Discreet and talented, Claire Trimolet is head sommelier at Pollen, one of our favorite restaurants in the Vaucluse.
brought upin a Lyonnais family thatloves to entertain, young Claire Trimolet pursued a classical education, graduating from the Lycée Ampère with a baccalaureate in literature. but as early as the second year of high school, my plan was to go into the restaurant business," recalls the young woman. Even when I was very young, I loved the atmosphere of family meals or meals with friends, entertaining and seeing the happy people around me. It's never left me. "
Claire Trimolet moved to Avignon to study for a bachelor's degree in culinary design, then spent a few months at the Hôtel d'Europe, where she met Mathieu Desmarest and Pierre Baud. "Pierre really gave me a taste for sommellerie. The few months I spent with him were decisive in my career choices. And when, a few years later, I learned that Mathieu Desmarest was opening Pollen with Pierre in his luggage, I didn't hesitate to join them. "
Head Sommelier at Pollen
In the meantime, still driven by an inextinguishable thirst for learning, the young womanobtained a Master's degree in Wine Spirit at a Lyon business school. An additional string to her bow - "especially for the management and accounting aspects", she adds - for the woman who, since the beginning of 2025, has officially succeeded Pierre Baud, now Restaurant Manager, as Head Sommelier at Pollen.
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