Chapter 2: The hard work begins here

Appears in
Pied à Terre: Celebrating 30 years
Pied à Terre

By Asimakis Chaniotis and David Moore

Published 2021

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Stardust memories: sommelier Bruno Asselin with Richard Neat in 1993 being congratulated on winning the first Michelin star (Ceramics by Suzanne Katakuda)

There are many memories of that first night; one related to the long-standing symbiosis between art and the art of the kitchen. One of Neat’s favourite restaurants is the famed La Colombe d’Or in St Paul de Vence in France. Legendary artists such as Picasso and Matisse left their works behind them (they still hang there today), sometimes in return for lodging and a meal.