Electrolux celebrates nearly 100 years of professional expertise by continuing its support of the Cannes Film Festival. Electrolux is the chosen supplier of almost 50% of Michelin starred restaurants in Europe and will bring a number of its partner chefs to the 2013 festival to ensure gastronomic excellence for all gala events and dining occasions.
Within the Electrolux Agora Pavilion in Cannes, a rotating team of award-winning chefs will cater for guests throughout the duration of the festival, including three Michelin star holder Anne-Sophie Pic; two Michelin star holders Claude Bosi and Bruno Oger as well as brothers Christian and Manuel Costardi who hold one Michelin star.
“Electrolux partner chefs Anne-Sophie Pic and Bruno Oger will jointly prepare the opening night gala dinner using Electrolux professional appliances within the Electrolux Agora Pavilion kitchen.” says Olivia Kaye, Experiential Manager, Electrolux. “These are the same appliances that they have come to rely on within their own professional kitchens”.
Electrolux at Cannes
The Electrolux Agora Pavilion is the largest temporary structure along the Croisette and is home to all official culinary festival events, hosting as many as 45 chefs at its busiest periods with as many as 120 servers for 648 guests within a space of 1,000 square metres.
Electrolux Partner Chefs at Cannes
Electrolux continue their three year partnership with the Cannes film festival by working with a rotating team of award-winning partner chefs. The chefs, all of whom work with Electrolux appliances on a daily basis within their own kitchens, will cater all official festival events, including the opening gala dinner and Jury deliberation lunches from within the Electrolux Agora Pavilion kitchen.
Anne-Sophie Pic is a French chef best known for gaining three Michelin stars for her restaurant, Maison Pic, in southeast France. She is the fourth female chef to ever win three Michelin stars, and was named Best Female Chef by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2011.
Bruno Oger is a two Michelin star holder and one time winner of Best French Chef of the Year. Renowned for food that offers taste and imagination, Oger is inspired by Mediterranean flavours and local produce.
Anne-Sophie Pic and Bruno Oger will collaborate to create the opening Gala dinner at Film Festival Cannes 2013.
Claude Bosi is Head Chef and owner of the two Michelin-starred Hibiscus in London. Hibiscus has been regularly voted one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants and is renowned for its innovative approach. Bosi recently installed the Electrolux Grand Cuisine cooking system within his Hibiscus test kitchen.
Brothers Christian and Manuel Costardi achieved their first Michelin star together in November 2009. Cooking has been within the family for three generations with the culinary knowledge and expertise offered at Ristorante Cinzia (Vercelli, Italy) supported by Electrolux professional appliances for more than 60 years.
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