THE CHIEFS WHO BRING THEIR VILLAGES TO LIFE (6/6) – The small town of Pas-de-Calais benefits from the notoriety of Alexandre Gauthier’s 2-star restaurant, whose expansion it supports.
These cooks are the beating heart of towns with less than 1,000 inhabitants, which they support by using local production, by recruiting and by multiplying tables, hotels or shops.
Special Envoy to La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil
The mayor of La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil (Pas-de-Calais) is a jovial and satisfied farmer. At 63, Jean-François Roussel is in his third term under the label of “common sense”.
The charming village, wedged between the ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer and a marsh area, has 170 inhabitants on 250 hectares, and it has hardly moved for a century and a half. Its annual operating budget amounts to 85,000 euros. Local curiosity: there is neither church nor cemetery here –“one never dies at La Madelaine”, jokes the aedile. But three restaurants, one of which is significantly more renowned than the other two: La Grenouillère by Alexandre Gauthier, two Michelin stars, 19/20 at Gault & Millau.
La Grenouillère boosts the notoriety of the village, it is a real chance for the territory, the engine of a certain tourism
Jean-François Roussel, Mayor of La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil
“Alexander is an artist…
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