The fourth edition of Food France will feature Chef Grégory Coutanceau of Les Flots in La Rochelle in the first session.
The son of the Michelin two-starred chef Richard Coutanceau, he is a unique chef who studied medicine at university.
His bold and innovative cuisine, featuring a rich variety of fresh seafood with myriad spices reflects the characteristics of La Rochelle, a long-flourishing port town.
Date: June 18 (Thu.) -23 (Tue.), 2009
Price: Lunch 8,400 yen / 15,750 yen
Dinner 12,600 yen / 15,750 yen
* The meal includes aperitif and coffee/tea.
* The price includes tax and service charge.
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Do you know what preserved flowers are?
Resembling natural flowers, they are flowers that are processed by replacing the water contained in the fresh flower tissue with a preservative solution.
At Benoit, we will offer preserved flower arrangement lessons by Akiko Fujita, a florist who learned Paris styles from a top French florist after studying the Sogetsu ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement).
After the lesson, you will be able to enjoy French afternoon tea served with Benoit’s special dessert.
Date and time: June 11 (Thu.), 2009 15:00 ~ 17:30
Price: 6,800 yen
(includes tuition, teaching materials, dessert, coffee, tax and service charge)
Inquiries: Villefranche floral international Tel 03-5403-6416
We look forward to your participation.
Sunday, June 21 is Father’s Day.
We will prepare a dessert dish with a message of appreciation or take photos of the two of you and present them to you on the day.
Please enjoy a precious family time at Benoit.
We would like to inform you of the wine seminar that we offer to small groups every month at our café on the 10th floor.
The theme being “Wine from Loire region” for the next session, you can enjoy several kinds of wines during a dinner course prepared by our chef Kojima.
Early reservations are recommended as the number of seats is limited.
Date and Time: June 29, 2009 (Mon.) from 19:00
Theme: Wine from Loire region
Price: 10,000 yen (includes dinner course, beverage, tax and service charge)
Yasunao Ishida and Hiroyasu Yamamoto, solo concertmaster and principal cellist of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra respectively, are two of the most talked-about musicians in today’s classical music sphere.
Now, Benoit invites them from their concert hall to the restaurant to offer you a special concert.
The event will include their wonderful concert, presented in an intimate setting, followed by a Benoit meal course.
As the day of the event is Bastille Day in France, their program will feature the works of French composers including a new arrangement of Clair de lune by Debussy and other familiar pieces.
Please enjoy a moment of luxurious music and dinner in an atmosphere unlike a concert hall. Early reservations are recommended as seating is limited to 60 persons.
Date and time: July 14 (Tue.), 2009
Reception from 18:30
Concert from 19:10
Price: 20,000 yen/person (includes concert, dinner, beverage, tax and service charge)
Reservation: Benoit Tel: 03-6419-4181
Groupe Alain Ducasse News
In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the restaurant, Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo will open a marché (market) in Ginza that will bring together from all over Japan, all the food producers, who have supported us over the years, and their products.
Following the words of Alain Ducasse, “Cuisine is 60 percent ingredients, 35 percent the chef’s skills and a small amount of the chef’s talent,” our chef, Jérôme Lacressonière, has continued to seek out the best ingredients throughout Japan.
To pay our respects to those food growers and their amazing products and introduce them to you, we will hold a market similar to a marché in Paris on the 11th floor of the Chanel Building (* products will not be on sale).
It will be an opportunity for you to understand the essential role of ingredients in French cuisine by seeing and touching the ingredients of our cuisine and meeting their producers.
Date and time: June 25 (Thu.), 2009 14:30 - 17:00 (admission free)
Venue: Le Jardin de Tweed on the rooftop of the Chanel Ginza Building
(please enter from the entrance of Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo)
* Alain Ducasse will visit the event.
* Inquiries: Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo
