Land magazine Forbes named his restaurant AM as “the coolest place to eat in 2022”. The anxiety caused by the health crisis does not seem to have any hold on Alexandre Mazzia. When others had to surrender, he won his third star. “I hate to suffer”, confides to us the chef, who has sought to maintain a link with his collaborators and the public throughout the pandemic, in particular by opening the food-truck Michel – in tribute to his fishing grandfather. The former basketball player of the France hopefuls team was also chosen to prepare meals for the athletes at the 2024 Olympics, whose sailing events will take place in Marseille.
Point : Marseille is taking off as a culinary destination. What does it lack to become a gastronomic capital?
Alexandre Mazzia …
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