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Culinary creation
consulting and R&D.

I have been practicing fermentation for over ten years. It permeates all my culinary practices: as a technique, as a language, as a compass…

Kitchen & Service

Bercy, Lumière building

As part of the team of chefs at La Source culinary school, I incorporate fermented products into the cuisine of the training restaurant (100 covers/day) and regularly lead the lunch service with the students. There, I offer a creative, sustainable, fermented, local, and seasonal menu…

kumquat fermentation jars at La Source school in Pantin.avif
Lacto-fermented leek ravigote recipe

Consulting & R&D

From plant-based meals and the development of fermented products to the identification of processes and the transfer of know-how, I regularly support food projects related to fermentation.

Tonka bean sourdough tile
sourdough jar
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Two reference books

  • Desserts & Ferments — Ulmer Editions (2022)

  • La Fermentation au rythme du vivant — Terre Vivante (2024)

Fermentation in rhythm with life - cover_edited_editedjpg
Desserts and starters - cover_edited.jpg
Drawing of an Aspergillus oryzae bacterium, a bacterium active in fermentation

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