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Daniel Bouley Throws His Own Five-Day Wedding Party
After working on over 400 weddings, chef and restauranteur, Daniel Bouley put all his experience to good use when he hosted his own five-day wedding celebration last week for 80 guests in France's Loire Valley.
Taking over two chateaus for a week - Château de l'Aubrière and Château de la Bourdaisière - Bouley, 53, and his bride, Nicole Bartelme, 38, played host at Bourdaisière to a moveable feast of unique organic haute-cuisine meals washed down with fine wines that included some from their birth years.
Some highlights included:
- Flying in over 20 of his staff from NYC, including Roger Martinez from Barcelona
- Importing fresh ingredients like heart of palm from Hawaii, Bellota ham from Spain, fresh tuna from Barcelona, and fresh wasabi and green gingko from Japan
- Improvising a dish from the chateau's garden using 55 pounds of heirloom tomatoes
- Hosting one night's meal in a dried-out moat of one of the chateau's (pictured above)
See more wedding images here.
[via The Food Section]
By Robert | September 1, 2006 in Chef News, Parties & Entertaining | Permalink
