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Baptiste Emilio RIVIÈRE
Chef : 1 restaurant Now at the helm of the Armada bistro in Lyon, partners Baptiste Rivière and Thibault Martel are happier than ever.
"I started cooking at a very young age, around 14. Back home in the country, we're a family of good eaters," explains Baptiste Rivière. The young man first tried his hand at pastry-making. And to get off to a good start, he joined Christian Têtedoie's team in Lyon. "It wasan old-fashioned brigade, rough and tough, but you learn a lot."
After this experience, he left for London with three colleagues, including his future partner, Thibault Martel. He landed a place at Launceston Place, before flying to the U.S. to work as a private chef. "There wasn't the adrenalin of service, nor the contact with the customer, but the setting was magnificent," he recalls. On his return, he spent eight months assisting with the opening of Mumi on rue Sauval in Paris.
In 2018, he felt the urge to travel. He headed for Colombia to travel... and open his first restaurant, Sauvage, in Bogota. After three years, he returned to France, this time to Ardèche. He landed a job as pastry chef at Likoké, where he offers "South American-influenced cuisine, but with products sourced from 20 kilometers around the establishment".
Baptiste Rivière and Thibault Martel now practice this sourced cuisine on a daily basis at their Armada restaurant in Lyon's5th arrondissement. There, no menus, no starters, just plates to share... and, of course, a few homemade desserts! The icing on the cake is that the duo is part of the 2024 edition of 109 - Le Sang neuf de la gastronomie française.
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