The chef
Builder
of The Tadorne

The Tadorne chef has two passions :
architecture and traditional cooking.
As an adolescent, Patrice Carillon
worked in summer with Master carpenters who were employed to restore historic buildings.

Although he became a chef, he still loves the beautiful timber framed houses of
our region. Fourteen years ago he bought a bar, The Voyageurs, and settled in Piney.

It faced one of the most splendid market halls in the Aube. He has turned the bar
into a large hotel and restaurant complex. It look him six years hard work to do this,
"I adapted the building to what i want to do, he explained.

In fact, he designed all of the changes rooms, terrace, swimming pool, restaurant - and made them with extreme care for the quality of the construction.

"I think the locals weres for a long time confonded : They didn't understand what
I was doing" he remembers. In this place adapted to his personality, Patrice Carillon
has developped a real local style in his recipies.

His menus include the best fresh produce. There's his beef fillet with melted Chaource,
his own foie gras or his perch in a leek sauce and,.just to let you know, The Tadorne's sign is a charming hommage to his wife.