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home of Camembert, of Pont l’Eveque, of developed her skills in a string of well-known
Livarot and of Calvados. The menu combines establishments including La Tour d’Argent
tradition and creativity in perfect balance. For and The Bristol in Paris and Maxim’s in New
example, a signature dish is the light tart of York. Subsequently, she joined the manage-
local sausage and camembert which was spe- ment team of the Accor Group. And finally,
cially created for French television channel TF1 in 1991 she realised her ambition when she
for a programme about female chefs. But that’s opened a restaurant which perfectly
not all. There are crispy snail and garlic but- expresses a vision of a cuisine that is ‘lighter,
ter bonbons, mesclun leaves with garlic ice more natural and full of sunshine’. Lower
cream and Catherine’s delicious fine apple tart. Normandy is a region ‘bursting with fla-
vours’, as the French gastronome, Brillat-
The launch of this well-known dining spot Savarin, put it. It’s also a great place to sample
confirmed Coiffard’s lifelong vocation. new dishes. Argentan is just one hour from
Catherine Coiffard trained in the hotel Deauville and the Côte Fleurie and ten
schools of Blois and Strasbourg and then minutes from Norman Switzerland, a region
of old timbered farms and green pastures that
rises up to an altitude of 362 m. La Table de
Catherine is a true beacon of the region’s deli-
cious cuisine.

Mathilda Reuter
Hôtel Le Faisan Doré
Fontenai sur Orne – F-61 200 Argentan - France
At 3 km from Argentan (exit 13 on A88)
Tel : +33 (0)2 33 67 18 11

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