Three Michelin-starred chef Annie Féolde
Well the first three days have all been great successes as you can see on Twitter #Obsession16 and now we have day four to look forward to with three Michelin-starred chef Annie Féolde taking centre stage at Northcote.
In 1993 Annie Feolde was the first female chef outside France (the first two were Mère Brazier and Mère Bourgeois in Lyon, in the Fifties – she was the third overall) to win three Michelin stars. To put that achievement into context, there is currently only another three-star female chef in Italy and a total of just six in the world. Born in Nice, Feolde’s path to the top has been unorthodox to say the least.
Coming from a hoteliers’ family and knowing well the sacrifices she had experienced, she did not want to follow their footprints: she started working for the French postal service in Paris but soon realized that job was too boring. She decided to turn to tourism and, in order to improve the knowledge of foreign languages, she moved to England first and Florence in a later stage. It was while waitressing at a restaurant in downtown Florence that she met future husband Giorgio Pinchiorri. In 1972, they started working for Enoteca Nazionale; in 1979 they became its owners and still run the restaurant today.
A meal at Enoteca Piniorri is all about fine living. Housed in the ground floor of an 18th century former palace (with an hotel on the upper floors) in the narrow streets of Florence close to the world famous neo-Gothic Basilica di Santa Croce, the series of dining rooms feature high, frescoed ceilings, 19th century Tuscan artworks, elegant furnishings and beautiful floral displays.
For more detailed information about three Michelin-starred chef Annie Féolde see the Northcote website profile here.
We wish everyone attending obsession 16 this evening especially Annie Féolde and brigade a very special evening and once again we look forward to following proceedings on Twitter.
We are also very much looking forward to joining the Obsession 16 proceedings on Friday 5th February
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