Galeries Lafayette import food opening

1. Crédits Photos: Laurent Hou
Last week, on Thursday June 18th, as part of
the Festival Croisements, over 300 people were in the
Galeries Lafayette to celebrate the opening of
Lafayette Gourmet. This new store, on the 5th floor of
this high-end French department store, with its
elegant and refined design, is a great gourmet pro-
mise for the sophisticated customers.
After a night of set up, guests found themsel-
ves in the heart of a lovely Parisian street. It is on
a“rond-point” that the show started with an exceptio-
nal ice sculpting. On this occasion, in order to thank
Galeries Lafayette for its warm welcome, M. Taurin
chose to be grandiose and we saw the Eiffel Tower
taking shape minute by minute! Impressive!
Canapés, Champagne and Ice-cream were served
and proved once again the high standing of Galeries
Lafayette. After Mr. Paul Burke, CEO, Mr. Nicolas
Houze, member of the Executive Board, and Mr. Mau-
rice Gourdault-Montagne, French Ambassador, cut
the ribbon, some workshops opened and we saw
people enjoying French specialities: foie gras,
ice-cream, biscuits, and more! All available in
Lafayette Gourmet.
For the ones who missed the event, the world
Champion Gérard Taurin did several ice-creams using
the Chinese ancient method of ice and coarse salt on
June 20th. After Galeries Lafayette’s customers had
lunch and dinner, He served the historic ice-cream
with Rose, Japan pearls and Caramel with goji. A
great experience!
It was a gourmet week and Rang Royal thanks
the French Embassy, the Galeries Lafayette, Solutions
Prod, GTAI and l'Atelier!
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