Amélie Darvas
In 2018, after five years spent at the helm of her Parisian restaurant Haï Kaï, Amélie opened Äponem in the south of France. Shortly afterwards, she obtained a Michelin star making her one of the few Michelin-starred female chefs in France. Here at Äponem, the Auberge du Presbytère, she cultivates her own organic vegetable garden, offering an experience where nature and food go hand in hand.
GARDEN GASTRONOMY EXPERIENCE
"Instinctive and based on the seasons food"
At Äponem, Chef Amélie Darvas and her lifelong accomplice, sommelier Gaby Benicio, work hard to make this inn in the very heart of Hérault a space full of freedom, where they serve food that is instinctive and based on the seasons. They cultivate their own biodynamic kitchen garden together in a place where nature, food and local produce come together.
As tools are an extension of the cook, a kitchen garden is the extension of their responsibility to feed their guests well with their pleasure always uppermost.
THE MAIN COURSE
To showcase this virtuous approach for the Garden Gastronomy experience, they came up with a 100% plant-based dish for pairing with La Grande Dame 2012.
This signature dish, accentuating the wine through 4 different vegetables from the kitchen garden is served with toasted nori oil and white miso soup, all seasoned with aromatic flowers.
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Gaby Benicio
Our project really revolves around the kitchen garden. I feel like I'm involved with something truer, as far as our truth goes anyway.Discover our chefs
