The ADMO ephemeral restaurant project, set to open
at Les Ombres in Paris on November 9, inaugurates an
experimental collaboration among five actors who share a
desire to push the boundaries of creativity: Albert Adrià,
Vincent Chaperon, Alain Ducasse, Romain Meder and
Jessica Préalpato.
The heart of the ADMO project is dialogue. A dialogue of talents, a dialogue
of cultures…and a dialogue with nature.
“The idea is to show that cuisine transcends borders and create a
European cuisine,” says Alain Ducasse.
“We’re looking to combine our
talents to go beyond things that have been done before. The challenge
is to really turn the tables, and this unique line-up will definitely take this
project to the highest level.”
The talented team is already at work in Paris to meet this ambitious challenge.
Chef Romain Meder and pastry chef Jessica Préalpato have worked with
one another for some time already. Alain Ducasse, who brought them
together several years ago, has nurtured them with both magnanimous
encouragement and demanding expectations.
He is confident that the
sensitivity and commitment of this duo will deliver refined subtlety amidst
an explosion of flavors.
Romain and Jessica concur that ingredients are
the foundation, the purest expression of the combined savoir-faire of the
architects and nature.
The product defines and guides the creative process.
Spanish chef Albert Adrià contributes a complementary dimension to the
trio, traveling to Paris from Barcelona with a seasoned team and unabashed
desire.
When he is not conducting tests in the kitchen he is out immersing
himself in the French capital, discovering myriad meals at a diversity of
restaurants, revelling in long early morning walks through a city whose
intimate shifts he learns to sense. His palpable intensity notwithstanding,
he is discreet, thoughtful.
He is eager to seize this chance to be part of a
singular adventure, a guest of Alain Ducasse, and also of France and Paris.
For this project he wants to imagine what he terms a “liturgy”, crafted to
thrill guests.
“We’ll be working together to create a unique style that
fuses our two worlds. And that’s how we’ll be able to propose what
we have always aimed for, a true experience.”
The heart of his creative
process is found in the sequence of dishes, the structure of the menu, the
surprise sparked by each creation and the succession of emotions they
awaken.
Vincent Chaperon, from the world of winemaking rounds out the team.
In 2019 he became the seventh Chef de Cave of Dom Pérignon.
With an
intense focus, he is both enthusiastic and keenly aware of the responsibility
that being part of this creative endeavoir entails.
Given the exceptional level
of this challenge, he has chosen the most recent iteration of Dom Pérignon’s
aesthetic ideal: Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2008.
It took no fewer than
13 years of elaboration for this champagne to temper its powerful vitality.
With this new vintage rosé, Vincent Chaperon postulates an inspiration
that pushes limits to achieve an ideal harmony in the champagne.
He
perfectly recognizes what is at stake in this conversation between tastes
and cultures.
“This is all about listening to and understanding one another
through an ongoing dialogue. I definitely think the key word, the heart of
this project, is dialogue.”
The presence of Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 is essential, contributing a
fresh element to the construction of the collaboration. Proposing this
vintage was an obvious choice, Vincent explains.
“Regardless of the year,
Dom Pérignon Rosé is always an experiment, always a challenge, and
always new. It’s always about going further. Because we’re talking about
making a red wine in the northernmost winemaking region of Europe.
"You have to accept the rarity, the difficulties and meticulous precision.
You have to seek out new techniques and new ideas, push the limits of
the assemblage, because you have to balance the power and depth of
the red wine within the holistic concept of harmony that defines Dom
Pérignon.
"And you have to extend the maturation because it takes
longer for Dom Pérignon Rosé to reach this balance.”
The experimental dimension of the vintage establishes a clear connection
with the other creative energies and a quest for harmony that emerges as
the leitmotif for the work in progress.
