https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Employees in French companies will see an increase of restaurant vouchers to a ceiling of €38 a day, in a bid to support the French hospitality sector. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200603/french-workers-to-get-38-restaurant-vouchers Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:42:18 +0200 french-workers-to-get-38-restaurant-vouchers The restaurant of famed French chef Paul Bocuse, who died almost two years ago, has lost the coveted Michelin three-star rating it had held since 1965, the guide said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200117/restaurant-of-legendary-chef-loses-third-michelin-star Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:01:52 +0100 restaurant-of-legendary-chef-loses-third-michelin-star Paul Bocuse, one of the greatest French chefs of all time, has died aged 91, the country's interior minister said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180120/pope-of-french-cuisine-paul-bocuse-dies-at-age-91 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:33:10 +0100 pope-of-french-cuisine-paul-bocuse-dies-at-age-91 Another person has been charged over the suspected kidnapping of a millionaire French hotel magnate, who was found tied up in the back of a van in 2016, the prosecutor in Nice said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171216/another-person-charged-in-nice-hotelier-kidnapping-case Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:59:59 +0100 another-person-charged-in-nice-hotelier-kidnapping-case The celebrated Paris restaurant of French chef Guy Savoy has been voted the best in the world for the second consecutive year by the annual La Liste ranking. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171129/restaurant-in-paris-ranked-best-in-the-world-for-second-consecutive-year Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:34:44 +0100 restaurant-in-paris-ranked-best-in-the-world-for-second-consecutive-year American chef in Paris David Lebovitz has spelled out the A to Z of food in France. Bon appétit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170303/david-lebovitz-the-complete-a-to-z-of-french-food Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:39:08 +0100 david-lebovitz-the-complete-a-to-z-of-french-food Here's how to act like a local in a Paris restaurant, according to the man who wrote the book on the subject. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161213/dining-in-paris-five-tips-for-dealing-with-parisian-waiters Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:25:25 +0100 dining-in-paris-five-tips-for-dealing-with-parisian-waiters Only in France could a silver plated duck press used to squeeze blood and bone marrow from ducks be sold for €40,000. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160510/legendary-paris-restaurant-tour-dargent-sells-duck-press-for-40000 Tue, 10 May 2016 09:58:46 +0200 legendary-paris-restaurant-tour-dargent-sells-duck-press-for-40000 Paris welcomed back one of its most popular restaurants on Monday when Le Petit Cambodge reopened for business four months after being targeted in the Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160315/paris-welcomes-back-petit-cambodge-four-months-after-attacks Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:29:32 +0100 paris-welcomes-back-petit-cambodge-four-months-after-attacks France may be a world leader in gastronomy, but Paris restaurants should be feeling a bit sheepish after their sanitary standards were published in a new report. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160216/one-in-three-paris-restaurants-deemed-to-be-clean Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:22:10 +0100 one-in-three-paris-restaurants-deemed-to-be-clean The famous Michelin oracle of gastronomy revealed its new guide on Monday, taking one star from the big name British chef Gordon Ramsay. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160201/michelin-takes-star-from-gordon-ramsays-french-restaurant Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:18:32 +0100 michelin-takes-star-from-gordon-ramsays-french-restaurant A person who left a negative review of a Michelin starred restaurant has been fined €7,500 after it emerged the restaurant hadn't even opened. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151028/french-food-reviewer-fined-7500-for-fake-post Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:14:25 +0100 french-food-reviewer-fined-7500-for-fake-post Chefs in Paris are taking the concept of "eating locally" to heart, with rooftop gardens sprouting up around the French capital. And they say the concept is here to stay. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150529/paris-chefs-embrace-rooftop-gardens Fri, 29 May 2015 12:27:22 +0200 paris-chefs-embrace-rooftop-gardens Long snubbed as the risible trademark of boorish Anglo-Saxon diners, the doggy bag is set to make its appearance in France, a top restaurant body said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150325/french-restaurants-hounded-into-using-doggy-bags Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:29:40 +0100 french-restaurants-hounded-into-using-doggy-bags A French court ordered the closure and demolition of a chip stand on Tuesday as demanded by former L'Oreal boss Lindsay Owen-Jones, who complained its frying odours were stinking up his luxury ski apartment. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150325/ex-loreal-boss-wins-closure-of-stinky-snack-shack Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:33:12 +0100 ex-loreal-boss-wins-closure-of-stinky-snack-shack With the whole world preparing to celebrate France's famed gastronomy on Thursday we reveal the most loved French foods across the globe, according to social media channel Instagram - the home of so-called 'food porn'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150319/food-porn-frances-most-loved-cuisine Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:36:00 +0100 food-porn-frances-most-loved-cuisine Left largely without recourse against what they claim to be "dishonest" online reviews, French hoteliers and restaurateurs have launched a petition to ban "insulting" or "defamatory" reviews. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140826/french-chefs-rebel-against-harsh-online-reviews Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:09:00 +0200 french-chefs-rebel-against-harsh-online-reviews Making a mark on the Parisian dining scene is no mean feat – especially for foreign entrepreneurs. The Local talks to American Braden Perkins, who owns a wine bar and restaurant in the capital, about work permits, begrudging estate agents, and trying to win over Parisian palates. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131120/the-americans-who-won-over-parisian-palates Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:36:00 +0100 the-americans-who-won-over-parisian-palates Never know whether your meal in a French restaurant has been cooked on site with fresh ingredients or just warmed up in a microwave? In a bid to help diners distinguish, France looks set to create a new "homemade" logo for restaurant menus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130624/france-set-to-bring-in-homemade-restaurant-tag Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:26:00 +0200 france-set-to-bring-in-homemade-restaurant-tag Plans to open a café in Paris, where stressed or lonely clients can stroke a cat while sipping a coffee, have angered some animal rights groups in France. One activist said he didn’t want the animals reduced to “teddy bears.” https://www.thelocal.fr/20130617/paris-cat-cafe-plan-worries-animal-rights-groups Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:55:00 +0200 paris-cat-cafe-plan-worries-animal-rights-groups