Julien RICHARD
Chef : 1 restaurant Julien Richard, supported by his wife Sarah, fell in love with Arles, where he opened Le Seize, a charming Provencal bistro.Although Julien Richard didn't grow up in a family of restaurateurs - "My father was a career soldier", he explains - he remembers that good produce and good cooking were strong family values. The family, originally from the Vosges, now lives in Toulouse, and while young Julien likes to "put his nose in the pot", he's a little less fond of plunging it into his textbooks. "I wasn't a bad student and I could see myself going on to seconde générale. But the teachers convinced me otherwise, and rightly so. It was when I went to an open house at the Lycée Hôtelier in Toulouse that I realized that you could study to become a chef.But with my grades too low, I wasn't accepted, and I went to boarding school in Souillac. An excellent experience in the end. "
Julien meets Sarah in the kitchen
The young man developed a passion for cooking, obtained a technical baccalaureate, then a BTS, took part in a number of competitions (most of which he won) and joined Didier Aniès' team at the Grand-Hôteldu Cap-Ferrat, one of the world's most beautiful hotels. "I joined as a commis, of course, and stayed for three years, before moving to Burgundy to work at the Auberge de la Charme, in Prenois, with Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte." The following year, it was in the kitchens of theAu Cœur du Village hotelin La Clusaz, where Julien Richard stayed for three years, that he met Sarah, who was to become his wife and the mother of his three children. "We worked on the Paul Ricard islands, with MOF chef Christophe Pacheco, at the Grand Hôtel deSaint-Jean-de-Luz, before settling down at La Mère Germaine, inChâteauneuf-du-Pape. "
Sixteen, a lucky number
A short-lived experience that prompted the couple to consider their future: "We had taken up a position in the kitchens ofArlatan, in Arles. We visited several businesses for sale before settling on rue des Porcelets, with the help of the Gault&MillauJeunes Talents Endowment ." Le Seize - "a nod to the day on which Sarah andher three children, including twins,were born " - opened its doors in 2023 with... sixteen covers available. "We're just finishing fitting out the first floor, which will enable us to almost double our capacity and hire new staff. The establishment is doing very well, we're very happy, and this Tradition d'Aujourd'hui PACA 2025 trophy also rewards our work. "
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