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AFP: Even in rarefied world of French cuisine, you gotta Insta

By AFP.

Published Aug. 15, 2021. Updated Aug. 15 at 5:49 am

Customers sit on terraces, in Paris, on May 19, 2021 as cafes, restaurants and other businesses re-opened as part of an easing of the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - The French made their way back to cafes and prepared long-awaited visits to cinemas and museums as the country loosened restrictions in a return to semi-normality after over six months of Covid-19 curbs. Cafes and restaurants with terraces or rooftop gardens can now offer outdoor dining, under the second phase of a lockdown-lifting plan that should culminate in a full reopening of the economy on June 30. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

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It was a shockwave in the world of French cuisine. Jean Imbert, best known for winning a reality TV show and hobnobbing with stars, replaced the most decorated chef in the world, Alain Ducasse, at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. The announcement in June that Imbert, 40, would take over the illustrious Plaza Athenee, was met with much harrumphing and pursing of lips among the fusty corners of the French culinary world.