La Chassagnette - Restaurant bio - UK

The rosé Chateau Haut-Musiel 2007 has just been added to the wine list of La Chassagnette. "This wine combines the festive spirit and the sharpness that one expects of a rosé wine, yet it is full-bodied enough to hold its flavour with any meal. It marries extremely well with Armand Arnal's cuisine", summarizes the wine-grower Jean-Marie Popelin. So, what's the secret? This rosé comes from two separate vinification processes, which are then bottled at the Chateau Haut-Musiel, at Domazan in the region of the Gard, which is 45 minutes away from Arles. It is to be tasted by the glass or by bottle at La Chassagnette, in the sunshine of the Camargue.
For more information, consult the website at: http://www.hautmusiel.com/

La Chassagnette cookery classes are available, according to different formulas in French or in English.
For the individual class, the chef Armand Arnal will welcome a group of 8 people maximum every Monday and Friday morning, in his kitchen.
Rendez-vous at 9a.m in La Chassagnette’s organic vegetable garden, where you can wander and talk with the gardeners, but, most of all, pick the vegetables and herbs that you will need to prepare the dishes on the menu. Your basket under your arm, you will return to the kitchen where Armand Arnal will guide each of his students in the creation of their vegetarian dishes; giving advice in everything from basic cooking methods to those little professional “tricks”. Once the preparation is over, it’s time to sit down together to an extraordinary lunch, where each person is both cook and guest. 
The same formula is available for companies, who may choose a shorter version of the class, lasting one and a half hours, leaving time, for example to hold business meetings in one of the private rooms or in La Chassagnette’s personal library.
Another original idea proposed: cooking with four hands. For the evening, you can become the chef of La Chassagnette. Armand Arnal will be your personal teacher and will help you prepare a dinner that you will share with your guests, who will most certainly never forget this moment, just as you won’t…

Prices
Cookery classes: 90 euros for individuals, half-day course (lunch included)
Every Monday and Friday morning except in July and August.
For businesses : prices available according to the number of participants (contact La Chassagnettte)
 «  Four-hands » cookery class: prices varying according to the number of guests (contact La Chassagnette)

For information and reservations:
coursdecuisine@heureuse-camargue.com

For Christmas holidays at La Chassagnette, the headchef Armand Arnal is preparing a refine and contemporary version of gastronomic Christmas and new Year’s customs. His ambition: match the winter flavours and multiply the celebration’s savors. And renew the traditions to cook up in the heart of Camargue many new Eve dinners, tonic and audacious, epicurean and warm-hearted.

Opened during the holidays, the restaurant La Chassagnette sublimates the magnificent harvest of the season: fall and winter fruits, fleshly and round savors of squashes, pumpkins, soil-scented mushrooms, root-vegetables…the recipes are inspired of season’s late fruits as well: plums and figs, apples, quince, grapes and dried fruits, pears and citrus fruits.

For the 25th of December 2007, Armand Arnal will inspire himself freely of the traditional Provencal Christmas diner which will start with a squash soup and will finish with the 13 desserts, through a chorus of fishes and winter vegetables. All being smothered by the light of the candles.

To celebrate the new year, the chef unbridled his imagination and propose in a Sea-Soil menu a symphony of contemporary and sophisticated flavours, evocating and rhythmic tastes. Armand Arnal think of the new year’s eve as a gustative and festive adventure, a friendly and impassioned ride to well-start 2008.

The restaurant will be opened on Tuesday, December 25th 2007 (closed on Monday’s night)

For Christmas’ menu (lunch on December 25th): starters, fish or meat, cheese+13 desserts.€55

For New Year’s Eve menu, Sea-Soil: four starters, fish, meat, cheeses, pre-dessert, dessert…with a selection of regional great wines. €145.

La Chassagnette’s team is taking a break before Christmas holidays. The restaurant will reopen on December, 6th ready for celebrating Christmas and the New Year with an outburst of flavours and happiness…