After several years of offering an alternative and supportive model, and of trying to offer a little meaning to the whirlwind of catering, the Ernest association is today celebrating the first anniversary of its restaurant, Chez Ernest. It is a well-deserved candle which marks the success of a small revolution around a united economic model in catering, but to stay the course and make this ambition lasting, Ernest needs you, and all of us.
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“At Ernest’s, it’s our HQ, our place of life. We prove that we can feed differently, by supporting organic producers and creating links with those who are often pushed aside. It is a fraternal place, accessible to all, which breaks the classic patterns of restaurants, a place of resistance and solidarity, where everyone can participate with a gesture as simple as ordering a mealtells us Marie Gerin-Jean, president of the association. The Ernest association has been providing food aid for almost ten years with very strong values of eating well for everyone, of gastronomy used to fight against food insecurity. The restaurant Chez Ernest is the realization of a utopia”.
But now, one year after opening, the challenges are more relevant than ever. “A year later, it’s clear, we must be even more efficient than other restaurants because we have more constraints: organic, fair wages, food aidshe adds. Our challenge is to make good, inexpensive, well-sourced products, every day. We are holding on thanks to a committed team who help each other, and we are fighting to make the place known, even if it is hidden at the bottom of a cul-de-sac!”
To mark the occasion, Chez Ernest is organizing a big birthday, on October 20, to which you are warmly invited. From noon to midnight, you can enjoy a brunch concocted by Alice Quillet and Anna Trattle, the co-founders of Ten Belles (until 3 p.m.), let your children play at the “Kids Club”, listen to music (club.2050 & nicola.zic, in particular), dine on a unique and original menu around pizzettes created by the Ajar teams – which will open its doors soon – and chef Justine Audoin (6 p.m. – 10 p.m.), or even attend a prize giving, karaoke or a big raffle.
All this to recall the very essence of Ernest. “At Ernest, everything we do, whether in our own restaurant, at festivals or with Pourmanger in partner restaurants, it serves to finance our food aid actions, underlines Marie Gerin-Jean. It’s simple: you eat well, and what’s more, you contribute to the fact that others can eat well too. We prove that we can bring people together around good food, without it costing an arm and a leg like in charity banquets reserved for CEOs. Our model is united, inclusive, and everyone can contribute.”
“Ernest is a community of people who love good food and who want those who are struggling to be able to enjoy it too. 10 years later, our punchline ‘through the consumption of one meal finance that of another’ is still there. In our restaurant, specifically, we serve you an organic Brussels sprout tempura and honey mayo as a starter, a main course a tuna from sustainable fishing with beets in two ways, an organic orzo and a herb virgin, and for dessert a Fontainebleau with azukis, all for 19 euros.”
Chez Ernest is above all a hybrid place and (nice) three-headed monster: the gourmet canteen entrusted to chef Maddalena Spagnolo from Monday to Friday at lunch with a starter-main course-dessert formula for 19 euros; a dining cellar run by pizza maker Vitor Castro and cook Dipon Barua who offer sourdough pizzettes and plates to share every evening of the week to accompany natural wines and a nice selection of craft beers from BAPBAP; then a brunch on weekends, brought by chef Ouliana Livèze.
Chez Ernest’s birthday
Sunday October 20, 2024 (noon to midnight)
4 impasse de Joinville (Paris 19th)
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