Goût de France / Good France, 2ⁿᵈ service on 21 March 2016!
Following the success of the first event, Laurent Fabius decided to make Goût de France / Good France an annual event. Every 21 March, French gastronomy and the values it promotes will thus be celebrated all around the world.
1500 chefs, 1500 menus, 150 embassies on 5 continents
On the occasion of the launch of 2016’s event, the Minister and Alain Ducasse presented the participating restaurants, in countries all around the world. In the end, more than 1500 restaurants worldwide have been selected for the Goût de France / Good France event of 21 March 2016.
With almost a third of foreign tourists citing gastronomy and wine as some of the main aspects that drew them to visit France, the Goût de France / Good France event highlights the French art de vivre and its local produce, while promoting France as a destination.
Goût de / Good France in India
In addition to the 1500 participating restaurants, our embassies will also be fully involved in organizing the event, and will be holding their own dinners, hosted by the ambassadors.
Once again, this event will be celebrated with remarkable resonance in India: 51 Indian restaurants across the country have been selected participate in the project (up from 47 last year), placing India among the top participating countries. The full list is available here: http://restaurateurs.goodfrance.com/en/participating-restaurants?field_restaurant_name_value=&field_restaurant_type_value=All&field_country_value=Inde&field_city_value=&field_region_value_i18n=All.
Given the importance attached to gastronomy in India, and thanks to this strong participation of Indian restaurants and their talented chefs, the Goût de / Good France initiative should again be a great success in India.
Food lovers are now requested to choose their restaurant and save the date so as not to miss this unique opportunity to enjoy and share, over the space of one evening, the taste of France in India!
- The committee, headed by Chef Alain Ducasse, reviewed proposals submitted by restaurants all over the world, for a menu representative of French gastronomy following Chef Ducasse’s general guidelines.