06 May 2012

Restaurant/Bar Les Terrasses - Gilles, the Pizza Artist



At the inauguration of the Restaurnt/Bar Les Terrasses it was great to walk through from the terrace, past the bar, into the refurbished restaurant and explore the kitchen. Best for me though was watching Chef Gilles makes pizzas. What an artist! Start with a perfect sphere of dough, press it out, throw it about, roll it, fill it and put it into the pizza oven. More tomorrow ...


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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...




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10 comments:

  1. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com06 May, 2012

    I guess your proximity to Italy is influencing your cuisine.

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  2. Jilly06 May, 2012

    Absolutely, Dave. That's one of the many joys of this region. Often you hear more Italian than French too.

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  3. Living In Williamsburg Virginia06 May, 2012

    Love this shot. A good pizza chef can be very entertaining.

    Darryl and Ruth :)

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  4. glenda06 May, 2012

    Love pizza, looking forward to this one!

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  5. Petrea Burchard07 May, 2012

    A portrait of hands!

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  6. TheChieftess07 May, 2012

    Some great shots Jilly! But where's the one of him twirling the pizza dough above his head???

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  7. AL08 May, 2012

    Those 'movement' shots are fabulous...I can really feel his hands working away on that dough. Can you arrange home delivery please?

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  8. Oakland Daily Photo08 May, 2012

    Great photos. Love seeing hands at work.

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  9. Jilly08 May, 2012

    The 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.

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  10. TheChieftess08 May, 2012

    Really?!!! 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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