a special kitchen ware brocante

Continuing to find ideas for those of you visiting France and looking for a good day out. On the 13th May next, in the beautiful town of Beaune, 3 hours south of Paris, there will be the annual sale and brocante event La Vaisselle des Chefs.

This is a charmingly French tradition, uniting the best restaurants in the area with the best antique and brocante dealers. For the restaurants it is the opportunity to sell their crockery and cutlery that is due for renewal, and for the antique dealers a chance to meet with a specialised public, keen to buy anything culinary to embellish their kitchens at home.

On the website for the sale, you can even find a list of the Chefs de Cuisine and the articles they will be contributing for sale. We learn for example that one chef will be selling old hotel silver, another will be selling cutlery and table linen and that a château restaurant will be offering a service of porcelain decorated with their coat of arms.