Les Grandes Tables du Monde celebrates its 60th anniversary with the election of its new president, David Sinapian of Maison Pic in Valence, to succeed Marc Haeberlin of Auberge de l’Ill in Illhausern.
1954, six Parisian restaurateurs and friends decided to join forces to defend the values of fine dining and the art of living.
They were Jean Barnagaud (Prunier), André Vrinat (Taillevent), René Lasserre (Restaurant Lasserre), Claude Terrail (La Tour d’Argent), Raymond Oliver (Le Grand Véfour), Louis Vaudable (Maxim’s), and the “Traditions et Qualité” association was born, later to become “Les Grandes Tables du Monde”. The circle widened with the arrival of colleagues from the provinces, and in 1960 it opened up to the rest of the world. The association took as its emblem a rooster drawn by Jean Cocteau on the tablecloth of the Au Grand Véfour restaurant, a rooster that now illustrates all the association’s publications and is now associated with Haute Restauration. Jean Cocteau’s “touch” can be found in a famous phrase: “Tradition is a perpetual movement. It moves forward, it changes, it lives”, a phrase the members of the board are fond of quoting. Indeed, it is put into practice on a daily basis through the commitment of all these chefs to the transmission of know-how and the art of entertaining, and remains a skilful blend of innovation and tradition.
Today, Les Grandes Tables du Monde has 158 members in 22 countries on 4 continents, all committed to defending values such as
passion for taste, the defense of heritage and an innate sense of the art of living. This year, 13 new members were admitted to its ranks: 5 French
houses, 4 Belgians, 2 Italians, 1 American and 1 British.
To join the association, which has been chaired for eleven years by Marc HAEBERLIN, renowned chef at
l’Auberge de l’Ill in Alsace, the impetuous restaurateur must be sponsored by three members and have been awarded two stars in the Michelin Guide (or equivalent recognition in his country) for three years. It should be pointed out that the association remains firmly rooted in the bonds of friendship and reciprocity that
united its founders.
Since mid-October, the public has also been able to discover the “Grandes Tables du Monde” blog, a behind-the-scenes look at the member establishments’ restaurateurs, service professions and tableware: http: //blog-lesgrandestablesdumonde.com/
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