Food Safari continues to journey into the seductive world of French food. Chef Guillaume Brahimi from Guillaume at Bennelong, Sydney Opera House, gives a guide to essential fresh ingredients from herbs to vegetables then shows how to make the perfect steak (a huge rib eye) and Pommes Parisienne – balls of golden crunchy potato that are a staple through Parisienne bistros.
Philippe Mouchel (Philippe Mouchel at The Brasserie, Melbourne) makes a hearty lamb navarin served with a celeriac and truffle puree. Maeve meets French cheese expert Eric Moschietto from La Bergerie Cheese shop in Melbourne and learns that there are so many French cheeses you can try three a day for a whole year and still have some to try.
Top food stylist Marie Helene Clauson draws on her family recipes to create a light cheese soufflé and charcuterer Romeo Badouin explains how much work goes into terrines, pates and confit. We meet Food and Beverage manager at the Sofitel Hotel Sydney Laurent Branover and learn that every French family has a crepe pan and uses it every Sunday to make simple crepes or the heavenly crepes Suzette which are served with orange Cointreau butter and flamed.
Featured Businesses
Les Saveurs de Romeo
139a Queen St
Ashfield NSW
Ganache Patisserie Francaise
85 Edinburgh Rd
Castlecrag NSW
Jannei Goat Dairy
8 View St
Lidsdale NSW
Guillaume at Bennelong
Sydney Opera House
Circular Quay NSW
La Brasserie Restaurant
Shop 28/118 Crown St
Darlinghurst NSW
Bistro Garden Court
Sofitel Wentworth Sydney
Level 5, 61 Phillip St
Sydney NSW
La Gerbe d‘Or
255 Glenmore Rd
Paddington NSW
La Bergerie
141 Maling Rd
Canterbury NSW
Cacao Fine Chocolates
52 Fitzroy St
St.Kilda VIC
The Essential Ingredient
Prahran Market
Elizabeth St
South Yarra VIC
La Parissienne Pate
290 Lygon St
Laurent Bakery
306 Little Collins St
Melbourne VIC
France Soir
11 Toorak Rd
South Yarra VIC
Philippe Mouchel at The Brasserie
Crown Complex
8 Whiteman St
Southbank VIC
Sonoma Baking Co.
Unit 24, 198-222 Young St
Waterloo NSW
Fratelli Fresh
7 Danks St
Waterloo NSW
Simon Johnson
24a Ralph St
Alexandria NSW
Tabou Restaurant
527 Crown St
Surry Hills NSW
Absynthe Restaurant
Ground Floor Q1
Cnr Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Hamilton Ave
Surfers Paradise QLD