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    Michelin-Starred French Chef Shoots for the Gluten-Free Moon

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    Michelin-Starred French Chef Shoots for the Gluten-Free Moon - Michellin-starred Auberge La Feniere in Provence is going to an all gluten-free menu, including pastry. Photo: CC--Dennis33053
    Caption: Michellin-starred Auberge La Feniere in Provence is going to an all gluten-free menu, including pastry. Photo: CC--Dennis33053

    Celiac.com 04/08/2016 - An all gluten-free menu by a celebrated French chef? At half price? Oui! Michelin-starred French chef is going all-in on gluten-free food by banishing gluten from her entire menu, and cutting prices in half to start it all off.

    The announcement, by Chef Reine Sammut, makes L'Auberge de la Feniere in Provence the first restaurant in France to have both a Michelin star and a gluten-free menu.

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    The classic restaurant built in a stone barn and surrounded by vineyards has indeed adopted a gluten-free menu, says Sammut, who has had her Michelin star since 1995.

    She was inspired to make the change by her daughter, Nadia, who is a chemist and suffers from celiac disease. Sammut was eager to make the change to a gluten-free menu so that "everyone could eat at the same table."

    "The basic ingredients needed are not easy to find, but Nadia tracked them down," said Sammut. "I only had to test them."

    L'Auberge de la Feniere is offering its gluten-free menu, which even has gluten-free puff pastry, at half the usual price to encourage people to try the restaurant's new, gluten-free cuisine. She had me at "gluten-free puff pastry."



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    Excellent news-time to visit France & going to this restaurant makes the must-do list. Thank you!

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    Guest Kate

    She had me at gluten free puff pastry as well!!! Wish I lived in France. Merci!

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    Guest Rick

    "Sammut was eager to make the change to a gluten-free menu so that "everyone could eat at the same table."

     

    What a novel idea, and hopefully more will follow her lead.

     

    Eating fresh, whole food meals is not difficult and I am 99% certain that those who can eat gluten wouldn't even miss it while enjoying a quality meal.

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    Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University. His articles, essays, poems, stories and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and websites, including North American Project, Antioch Review, Caliban, Mississippi Review, Slate, and more. He is the author of more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His university coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, physiology, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously devised health and medical content for Colgate, Dove, Pfizer, Sharecare, Walgreens, and more. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of numerous books, including "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

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