Restaurant/Bar Les Terrasses - Gilles, the Pizza Artist
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Lors de l'inauguration du Bar/Restaurant Les Terrasses c'était formidable de traverser la terrasse devant le bar, d'entrer dans le restaurant rénové et d'explorer la cuisine. Le meilleur pour moi a été de regarder le chef Gilles faire les pizzas. Quel artiste! Il commence par une parfaite boule de la pâte, il l'aplatit, la soulève, l'arrondit, la garnit et la rentre dans le four à pizza. Demain, la suite...
I guess your proximity to Italy is influencing your cuisine.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Dave. That's one of the many joys of this region. Often you hear more Italian than French too.
ReplyDeleteLove this shot. A good pizza chef can be very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteDarryl and Ruth :)
Love pizza, looking forward to this one!
ReplyDeleteA portrait of hands!
ReplyDeleteSome great shots Jilly! But where's the one of him twirling the pizza dough above his head???
ReplyDeleteThose 'movement' shots are fabulous...I can really feel his hands working away on that dough. Can you arrange home delivery please?
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Love seeing hands at work.
ReplyDeleteThe Chieftess, I've never seen this done in the south of France - and certainly not in an old village. Perhaps it's a more 'showy off' thing done to sell pizza - in other countries like America and maybe the UK! It's not part of the culture here certainly at least I've never seen in the south here or across the border in Italy.
ReplyDeleteReally?!!! That's quite "the thing" in a lot of pizza places that make their own dough here in the states...well...in LA and NY...although you don't see it much anymore...it used to be much more popular years back...interesting...tv, of course, always makes it look like it's the Italian thing to do!
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