🇫🇷 Chamonix

Tony and Eric Ripert went skiing here in the French Alps, which Tony describes as a place he fears, but is allowing Eric to have "payback" for the torture Eric endured in Sichuan China.

While skiing in the French Alps, Tony and Eric Ripert stopped here. They had pan-seared foie gras, seared veal loin with a wild mushroom sauce and vegetable medley, a cheese course.

"A special place at the bottom of the mountain," describes Tony. "croute with morilles, and cream, lots of cream....farcante: a big, heavy, albeit thoroughly delicious loaf of potato, bacon, dried fruit, and cream slowly steamed in a bain marie."

Eric Ripert met with Maurice Guillot, Eric's mentor at this butcher/cheese shop. They bought beef tenderloin to make steak au poivre, tomme de chevre, and saucisson.

Eric Ripert and mentor Maurice Guillot went to this wine & spirits store to purchase champagne, white burgundy, and cognac.