THE CHIEFS WHO BRING THEIR VILLAGES TO LIFE (2/6) – For forty-four years, the chef with three macaroons has energized the town of Haute-Loire where he was born.
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 businesses.
Special envoy to Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid
He seems a little embarrassed when he tells how he brought life back to his native village. “It should not be seen as presumption on my part. » This is not the kind of this sexagenarian with a big heart, solidarity and humanist. However, Régis Marcon has reason to be proud of his career.
In Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, a town of 246 souls, he built, in forty-four years, an ecosystem which today attracts curious people from all over the world, ready to swallow kilometers on the winding roads of Haute- Loire and to wait several months to book their table.
Saint-Bonnet is not destined to be just a gastronomic destination. I want to associate here well-being, health and food
Regis Marcon
Forty minutes from Saint-Étienne, its galaxy, which employs 100 people, includes a Relais & Châteaux, two 3-star hotels, a bakery, a spa, a bar, a bistro, a cooking school…
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