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Questions asked of Denis Kuhn

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Here is a traditional cook who has worked with the greatest chefs
and has now set himself up in business as a personal chef.



Who are you ?
I am a craftsman, and I have worked for 18 years as a chef in restaurants with the greatest masters in the area like Roger Vergé and Jacques Chibois. On May 2nd, 1999 I started up my own business :
-« From now on I am a personal chef ».


Why did you change direction ?
From 1997 onwards, individuals began contacting me and I started cooking in villas on the Cap d’Antibes as well as on a few private yachts.
Some of these clients have become regular customers and today approximately 15 families are the mainstay of my contacts.

How do you organize your days ?
When a client asks me to cook on-site we start by discussing the menu and I evaluate the possibilities the space gives us.


Then I do the shopping myself, I cook and I serve at table. This is the big difference with caterers who prepare everything in the morning and put the food in the fridge. Lastly I clean and tidy up the kitchen, leaving it impeccable. It’s as if the customer had a restaurant in his home. The services I give take between five and eight hours. Working alone I can provide and serve a meal for eight to ten persons.




What kind of person asks for your cuisine ?
I travel to Mougins, properties on the Cap d’Antibes, Super Cannes and I also go aboard private yachts.
Some customers are important businessmen who, whilst treating their work partners to an excellent meal, remain in a place that is favourable to them during the negotiation of a contract : their home.
Others are prestigious families that ask for my services when the lady of the house is entertaining and doesn’t want to be constantly to-ing and fro-ing between the kitchen and the dining table during the meal.
I also work with local associations like the Rotary and the Lions-Club.


What type of cuisine do you propose ?
Of course I can cook to order, but I always recommend the choice of Provençale dishes. On the menu for example I propose salmon carpaccio with five flavours, fillets of john dory fried in seaweed butter served with stuffed courgette flowers, steamed asparagus tips and mangetout peas. After a selection of Maître Long’s cheeses, there is a dish of fresh fruit with almond mousse and a red fruit sauce.




This interview was in the Friday, 4th June 1999 edition of the Nice-Matin.





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