IF ONLY WALLS COULD SPEAK - Blancpain

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ART DE VIVRE Named “Hôtel de Ville”, the restaurant is located in the center of the Crissier village situated on the hill above Lausanne There is a natural bond between Philippe Rochat and Blancpain as he was born in the Vallée de Joux home of Blancpain’s Le Brassus atelier. Rather than pursue the path of horlogerie, for which the Vallée de Joux is known, Rochat’s mother gave him the love of good food and inspired him even at the age of nine to create it. Just a few years after that early beginning, he began to dream of becoming a great chef and took up the calling. Rochat boasts one of the great wine cellars of the world For 17 years he worked alongside Fredy Girardet at the Hôtel de Ville as the restaurant acquired world-wide renown. Upon Fredy’s retirement nine years ago, Philippe made the restaurant his. Although the philosophy of relentless searching for the finest ingredients in season, respect for the purity of flavors and lightness in preparation carries on, Philippe has firmly placed his signature on the cuisine with his constant invention of new preparations. Each change of season is cause for celebration among gourmets around the world, as Rochat introduces new menus conceived around the very best ingredients then in the market. Spurning the trend of other celebrity chefs who have opened branch restaurants separated by thousands of miles from their roots, Rochat is content to work his magic in Crissier. It is here where he remains close to the sources of the finest ingredients in the world and where he can
OWNER OF FIVE BLANCPAIN WATCHES ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS, PHILIPPE ROCHAT’S DAILY WATCH IS A WHITE GOLD BLANCPAIN TOURBILLON, WORN EVEN AS HE PRESIDES OVER THE KITCHEN IN HIS CHEF’S WHITES. 26 | 27 devote himself to his constant drive to refine and invent. He has known Blancpain for nearly twenty years. Owner of five Blancpain watches acquired over the years, his daily watch is a white gold Blancpain tourbillon, worn even as he presides over the kitchen in his chef’s whites. His choice of Blancpain for his timepiece is reciprocated as Rochat is Blancpain’s choice of chef for important occasions. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Page 11 and 12: Lovely details abound. Note the dra
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Page 15 and 16: Across the hall from the 1735 Room
Page 17 and 18: 14 | 15 APOTHEOSIS TEMPORIS: A CLAS
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Page 27: WHILE AWAY AN AFTERNOON RESTAURANT
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Page 35 and 36: I had now worked my way up to desse
Page 37 and 38: DEWAYS As it recounts a several day
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Page 41 and 42: using the watch. It is uniformly th
Page 43 and 44: THE PRODIGY ★ EACH BLANCPAIN WATC
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Page 51 and 52: IT IS ONE OF LIFE’S CRUEL IRONIES
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Page 69 and 70: BLANCPAIN OPENS ITS FIRST BOUTIQUE
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