Papilles : when simplicity meets culinary creativity

A new television show this winter, on Télé-Québec

 Crédits photo Télé Québec  /  xDachez

June 7, 2011 | Montreal

Starting in January on Télé-Québec, a brand new cooking show will tantalize every epicurean: Papilles. Hosted by sommelier-researcher-cook François Chartier, the festive show will introduce unpretentious aromatic recipes, reinvented classics, food and beverage pairings cleverly chosen and easily accessible, as well as surprising associations!

Each week, along with his accomplice and colleague, Chef Stéphane Modat, François Chartier will welcome a guest-taster who will participate in cooking recipes, tasting dishes, enjoying surprising associations, and food and beverage pairings (wine, beer, sake, rum, tea, coffee, etc.). Together, they will prepare three main dishes, as well as a fourth, according to the week’s chosen theme. Additionally, the host will propose a choice of beverages and wines from various price points, which will serve in the creation of recipes and in accompanying the week’s menu.

“If François Chartier’s knowledge of wines, cuisines and food and drinks parings are impressive, it is his laid-back, dynamic and simple way of communicating his findings that is particularly admirable. With Stéphane Modat, they are, without a doubt, a team whose expertise on aromas is definitely worth being discovered on screen”, declares Martin Roy, General Manager of Programming and New Media at Télé-Québec.

Unortodox combinations and perfect harmonies

Sushi reinvented to delight red wine lovers; lamb with rosemary and Riesling; basil and Sauvignon; Indian cuisine and maple syrup; taste of cold, such as that of mint, and taste of warmth, such as that of pepper, are but a few examples of aromatic associations which will be featured on the show. It is high time for discoveries!

MC2: a perfect chemistry

The international reputation of François Chartier is already well-established! Sommelier by trade, he remains the only Canadian to have won the famous Grand Prix Sopexa International, which crowns the world’s best sommelier in French wines and spirits. It is chiefly thanks to him if sommellerie has flourished so rapidly in Québec. However, he who has tasted the finest wines is also known as an outstanding populariser along side Christian Bégin on the show Curieux Bégin, which aired on Télé-Québec for four years.

The title of the show, Papilles, is a tribute to his book Papilles et Molécules (Taste Buds and Molecules), winner of the prestigious accolade World’s Best Innovative Food Book, at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2010. Inspired by the aromatic innovations in this book, the show’s recipes will always be accessible and easy to make, any day of the week.

Chef Stéphane Modat – who toiled, for five years, at the renowned Utopie restaurant in Québec City – and François Chartier form the MC2 Duo. In June 2010, they published the book Les Recettes de Papilles et Molécules, offering 85 unexpected and accessible recipes created with foods that have complimentary aromatic signatures. The duo is currently developing hundreds of recipes which they will share with Télé-Québec viewers, premiering on the show Papilles in the fall.

Production: Zone 3

Broadcast: Winter 2012

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Information:

Catherine Lebœuf, 514 521-2424 extension: 2129

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