“My guilty pleasure, the 4 p.m. custard!” »

What does the Christmas period mean to you?

It rhymes above all with family and tradition, but also with time spent in the kitchen and at the table.

What dishes will sit on top of yours?

A carpaccio of scallops and passion fruit, a chicken with morels and vin jaune, a buckwheat log. Dishes that I often make, because I know they are popular.

Your guilty pleasure?

The pastry flan, at around 4 p.m.…

Is cooking a way to put yourself in someone else’s shoes?

Yes, just like it brings together. Our loved ones have food preferences or intolerances, diets linked to their health or their beliefs. Taking this into account means telling them: “I know who you are and I will make sure that what I cook pleases you. »

You wouldn’t have gotten here without…

My mother, who had the courage to let her only 18-year-old child go to Paris alone. It was a great show of confidence.

The Proust madeleine from your childhood?

The crackling and heat of the wood stove.

A solidarity initiative that touches you?

The brand Who’s the boss? which renews the link between consumers and producers, and offers a fair price to farmers.

Which beauty will save the world?

That of nature. It will always be more resilient than us.

A good plan to reconnect?

Walking for hours in the snow, enveloped in silence broken only by the sound of snowshoes.

Your latest crush?

The series Hippocrates by Thomas Lilti, former doctor and director. It is overwhelmingly human and shows that, despite stress, fatigue and lack of resources, caregivers continue to surpass themselves on a daily basis to take care of others.

A character you dream of inviting to your table?

Alphonse Daudet for his Letters from my mill my first memory of reading and escapism.

We offer you an hour of silence. What do you do with it?

I’m asking for a discount!

You are offered immortality. Do you sign?

No, I wouldn’t have the same appetite if my life didn’t end one day.