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Jérôme Manifacier

Vertig’O, a dizzying gourmet delight

Vertig‘O is an And with which magic carpet is this journey
to be undertaken ? “ With the region’s best
intriguing name seasonal daily produce”, comes the answer.
“And among those, some original dishes that
for a great our guests won’t have tasted before.”

restaurant. Vertig‘O is a restaurant with an excellent repu-
tation in the Hotel de la Paix in Geneva. It has
Moliere’s lines the advantage of a great location, situated right
on the edge of the lake. Since Jérôme Manifacier
from Monsieur de took the helm eight years ago, his reputation
has steadily grown. “ Pretty soon, we were
Pourceaugnac – awarded our first Michelin star ” Jérôme
Manifacier remembers. But how? Well, without
“Voyez un peu worrying about inspectors’ visits, but with a
daily, unceasing commitment to our ideas. And
quel vertigo lui by always using the very best produce. Fish?
That’s ordered at midnight every evening and
prend” – transla- delivered the following morning. Beef?
Simmental, of course. Vegetables? Loaded up
Jérôme Manifacier ted as “what mad- every evening by the vegetable growers and dis-
ness has taken tributors here in Switzerland so that they can

hold of her?” hints at a notion of capricious-

ness. Head Chef Jérôme Manifacier takes this

dizzying sense and uses it to spice up a reper-

toire of dishes that marry the best of the time-

less classics with a modern boldness executed

with his masterful talent. At the top of the

menu and a signature of his personal

approach, he has included a mission statement

which announces ‘a gastronomic journey

filled with subtleness and Southern accents’.

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