CAnnes, the Croisette, the Martinez hotel, its emblematic brand perched on the roof… And its gourmet restaurant, La Palme d’Or. For sixteen years, following chef Christian Willer, Christian Sinicropi earned two Michelin stars there. In 2023, the owner and management of the hotel have initiated a major strategic change, similar to that made at the Plaza Athénée two years previously.
To breathe new life into the place, they chose the same chef: Jean Imbert. Which, with its success in the Parisian palace, had carte blanche to reinvent history. And, as a good fan of 7e art, he was quick to imagine a place entirely devoted to it, compiling posters and cult objects, somewhere between the chic lounge of a projection room and the yacht club. We are on the Riviera, after all!
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What Jean Imbert’s cuisine is worth at the Palme d’Or, the restaurant of the Hotel Martinez
Precisely, the nearby Mediterranean dictated to Jean Imbert the marine note of his menu. In the hungry credits, tracks (cephalopods) in parsley, sea bream in citrus scales or barbecued lobster, accompanied by Nice barbajuans, parade. The raw gamberoni are exotic, between mango and passion fruit, a surprising departure from local gastronomy.
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