La Maison des Cariatides

The story

The house, built around 1603 and classified as a historic monument in 1911, takes its name from the caryatids and atlantes carved across its façade. It has a real pedigree as a restaurant: between 2011 and 2018 Thomas Collomb and then Angelo Ferrigno cooked here, and in 2016 Ferrigno became the youngest chef in France to win a star that year.

Vincent Gomis was born in French Guiana and learnt his trade in Carcassonne under Franck Putelat before joining the three-star kitchen of Le Bristol in Paris, where he met Marie-Cécile, who comes from the Nièvre. After working together for Eric Fréchon, they spent several years in Saint-Barthélemy before returning to Burgundy for their first restaurant of their own.

The cooking

The couple describe their style as roots and influences: Burgundian foundations, flavours from further south and a lively seasoning that keeps each plate sharp. They buy French meat, line-caught fish from Breton and Mediterranean fishermen and vegetables from committed market gardeners, and the menus change with the seasons. Everything is served as a tasting sequence that moves from savoury to sweet. The wine list mixes organic and biodynamic bottles with fine Burgundy and gives particular prominence to women winemakers, from the Côte de Nuits to the Hautes-Côtes.