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March 1, 2006 on 5:22 pm | In Gourmet, Travel, _english |

Situated right in the heart of the Grasse countryside, La Bastide Saint Antoine dates from the eighteenth century. A few minutes from Cannes and at the gates of Grasse, it enjoys a magnificent view over the Estérel and the bay of Théoule both from the restaurant and from its rooms. Moreover, it is surrounded by a park of hillside terraces with more than four hundred trees, of age-old olive and other provencal essences.

Some History…

In 1996 Mr Chibois and Odette, his wife, open “La Bastide Saint Antoine”.

During the ownership of Mr John Taylor and the great industrialist Mr Labbé de Pontamousson, La Bastide had the opportunity of staging some of the grand fashionable evenings of the last century and welcoming the Kennedy family and the Rolling Stones, among others.

Today, thanks to Jacques Chibois, La Bastide has been restored, following traditional methods which have both preserved and given it back all its original charm. The gardens which run along its edges really recall the Tuscan countryside.

Since June 2005, The Bastide has extended with 5 new rooms in a modern style.

With its gourmet restaurant, it has today 11 rooms, an outside swimming pool and even a bowling rink and a vegetable garden.

Our Hotel

2 styles of rooms :

Opio, Peymeinade, Saint Vallier … these names evoke images of small picturesque villages of the Grasse region. They are also, however, the names of the eight rooms, of the two Junior suites and of the main suite.

All possess a warm style of a refined Provencal elegance. Each room reveals an aspect of regional charm: woods painted in different colours, authentic furniture, embroidered bedspreads, eighteenth century terra-cotta floors, terraces, fireplaces, spacious bathrooms with baths and massaging showers, top of the range TV / Hi-Fi equipment, as well as the layout of the most sumptuous of hotels.

Our 5 new rooms (1 deluxe room, 2 prestige suites and 1 appartment) welcome you in a modern style, keeping the warm spirit of the Bastide.
Theses rooms have plasma screens, safe, a fire place,a DVD player and an access to internet.
These rooms hves been built around a village place with a fontaine wich remenber typical provencal village.

Our Restaurant

Through five months of the year meals are served on the terrace beneath the grand trees in the midst of a blossoming garden. Throughout the other seasons they are served in a bright interior, with fireplace, gently and harmoniously decorated. Jacques Chibois - two Michelin stars, 18/20 in Gault Millau, 4 stars in Bottin Gourmand, 3 plates in Pudlo - offers you a cuisine of the scents and perfumes of olive oil, the title of his own book.

The Private rooms

Furthermore, our modular rooms in a warm and cosy style, like the restaurant, with their panoramic terraces can seat up to 220 people for lunch or dinner or can be used for the organisation of seminars, meetings, family meals, cocktail parties etc.

They are completely fitted out with a high quality sound system, air conditioning and benefit fully from the light of the day.

The Extras

At La Bastide Saint Antoine you will find a smoking room with its cellars for cigars and for celebrated alcohols, a library room with fireplace and bar where you will feel comfortable relaxing and talking as if you were at home.

Cocktail parties, lunches and dinners can also be organised beneath the olive trees on the magnificent provencal hillside terraces.

The Boutique…

A place to please the eyes, a place of scents, the boutique offers a choice of both culinary and decorative products but also other beauty items developed from olive oil as well as a line of clothes ‘Jacques Chibois’. You can also find there our Olive oil produced with the fruits of our trees that benefits the quality Label A.O.C and also the Recipe books “Olive Oil, a Gourmet guide” written by Jacques Chibois and Olivier Bausson and published by Flammarion and “La Provence comme on l’Aime” written by Jacques Chibois and Louisa Jones published by Aubanel.

Olive Oil, a gourmet guide

In the first part of this book, Olivier Baussan, one of the great olive oil connoisseurs, takes you on a wonderful journey through the olive groves, presses and mills of the Mediterranean region. This is an invitation not only to discover the finest oils, but also to savor the conviviality of Provence, Corsica, Italy, Spain, Greece and Galilee.
In the second part, the celebrated chef Jacques Chibois presents fifty recipes ranging from traditional baked sea bream prepared with Sicilian olive oil, to astonishing madeleines made with olive oil from Haute-Provence and pumpkin fritters made with Catalan olive oil.

Illustrated with more than 150 color photographs, this is a book to be enjoyed again and again, both for its superb images and its extraordinary recipes.

It’s great to wander around and to leave with some marvellous and useful souvenirs.

And that is the spirit and soul of La Bastide, which is the leitmotif of Mr Chibois so that the stay of our guests is a continuing success story.

Activities and Shows

Either at La Bastide Saint Antoine or in its surrounds, guests can dive into an outside swimming pool surrounded by green and freshness, walk in the neighbouring countryside and even organise, in a family or in a group, a bowling competition on one of our various bowling rinks.

Thanks to our geographical situation and the exceptional character of our region, all activities are possible.

v Water-skiing

v Scuba diving

v Fishing

v Downhill or cross country skiing

v Hiking

v Horse-riding

v Mountain-biking

v Golf (15 courses within 5 to 30 minutes)

v Fitness centre 5 minutes away

v Tennis

v Polo

v Canoë

v Kayak

v Rafting

v Hunting

v Sailing

However, the charm of our region doesn’t stop there; guests can also visit and walk around:

v The picturesque villages of the country back away from the coast

v The town of perfumes and its perfumeries

v The ‘Parc Naturel du Mercantour’ (National Mercantour Park) with its fossils, prehistoric engravings and lakes

We can also organise days-out on such varied subjects as:

v An introduction to the creation of perfumes

v Journeys through the different crafts of Art

v An introduction to provencal produce and cooking

v An initiation to olive oil

v A journey along the roads of wine

v The organisation of evenings on the hillside terraces with, for example, provencal music

v Activities and Gourmet discovery around local products such as Truffle and Olive Oil.

v Thematic meals around a product or a flavour

Wine appreciation classes

Between 12 to 50 people

Duration : 2 hours maximum

You are following an initiation to the tasting of the wines, a wine appreciation class, given by our Wine main waiter, graduated of the National School of Oenology.

You are approaching the various type of wines, the methods of wine making, you aree taught how to recognize the components of the wine.

Our wine waiter is getting you to know the vocabulary of the Wine and finally you are learning how to match the dishes and the wines.

Initiation to Wine making from the natural fruit.

Initiation to the Vineyard

Tasting and explanations (2 or 3 wines) of various type of wines (except great vintages)

Your Perfume’s creation
From 2 to 50 people

The morning : duration between 1H30 and 2h00

Introductory class in one of Grassoise perfumery.

The perfumery is offering you to create your own perfume during an initiation in the ‘ Tarinologie studio’. Each participant - perfumer is to be given a certificate and his perfume spray (50 or 100 ml).

Meeting of smell between 80 and 125 oils (Jasmine, Bud Blackcurrant, Rose, Mimosa, Vanilla, Patchouli…)

Guided tour of perfumery, presenting the various stages of manufacture of a perfume.

At the end of the session, we are proposing you to have lunch in la Bastide Saint Antoine. We are suggesting you a special personalized menu, in witch Perfume is adapted in a greedy dish inspired by the flavours used during the morning class, such as thyme, rosemary, basil, lavender, the jasmine, the rose. This meal will be created by the Chef - Jacques Chibois

Thematic journeys

Package Flavour and Perfumes

Package for 2 persons includes :

v One night in a Standard or Superior double room.

v Breakfast in your room or at the restaurant

v Perfumery Visit and creation of your own perfume.

v Program: Theoretical and practical lessons allowing each Trainee-Perfumer to create his or her own perfume, with the assistance and advice of a Expert Perfumer. Olfactory session using 80 essences displayed on pivoting trays (Jasmine, Blackberry bud, Rose, Galbanum, Mimosa, Vanilla, Patchouli, …).

Each creator takes away his or her own Perfumed Water, a 50 ml scent bottle and may re-order it without any difficulty. Each formula is kept secret by Perfumery. A certificate is given to each participant. Guided tour of the Perfumery with an exceptional discount on all items bought.

v Lunch in our gastronomic restaurant - Jacques Chibois offers you a special Flavour and Perfume Menu, including a starter, a main course and a desert

v Beverage package for dinner: half a bottle of white or/and red wine, half a bottle of mineral water and 1 coffee per person

NB : This package is not available on Sunday

Gourmet Package

Package for 2 persons includes :

v One night in a Superior or Deluxe double room

v Breakfast in your room or at the restaurant

v Dinner in our gastronomic restaurant - Jacques Chibois is suggesting you a Discovery menu composed of 9 dishes in accordance with the wines proposed by your Wine main waiter.

Technical Details

Hotel

9 rooms

2 Junior suits

2 Suits

2 prestige suits

1 appartment

Rooms equipment

Baths

Massaging showers

Plasma screen / Hi-Fi

Mini-bar

Safe

Interior shutters

Wi-FI

Fireplaces and Terraces in some rooms

DVD player

Equipment

At the Moment

v Swimming Pool with jacuzzi and pool house

v Bowls game course

v A fitness center

Soon

v Health Course

v Walking tour in the Kitchen Garden, Flower Garden…

Technical Details

Restaurant

Our restaurant can welcome up to 120 people inside or on the terrace. You can also book the entire restaurant for up to 340 people. Our private rooms can welcome business or group lunch/dinner up to 220 people.

Meeting Rooms
Modular rooms

Air-conditioned

Sound-proofed

Technical fittings: screen, projectors, television, video, Wi-Fi, Beamer, Microphone. All other equipment can be available for rent upon request.

Terraces with panoramic views

Cocktails

We can organize aperitifs or cocktails either on our Natural Terraces “Restanques” or in our Olive grove during the 5 sunny months of the year. The rest of the time our private rooms can welcome up to 300 people.

Services
Laundry

Room-service

Minitel & Fax

Baby Sitting

Secretariat

Computer facilities and Internet

24 hour reception

Doorman and car-parking service

Private and closed car park with over 130 places

Jacques Chibois

Jacques CHIBOIS was born in Limoges on 22nd July 1952.

CAREER

He started studying Agriculture and quickly discovered, under the influence of his mother, his vocation. He then began an apprenticeship in a gastronomic restaurant close to his native city.

He has then definitely confirmed his vocation and undertook in 1971 a tour of France that allowed him to work with some of the greatest Chefs, in particular with Jean DELAVEYNE, Roger VERGE and Louis OUTHIER. He worked about one year with each of them.

His tour of France gave him the opportunity to meet Michel GUERARD. He worked with him for five years before the end of his apprenticeship. In Paris, he was in charge of all hisTV programmes.

During his military service he was the particular chef of a four-star General and left the army as Maréchal Chef des Logis

By that time he became the Chef of the Kitchen at the club ‘Regine’s’, in Paris, London and New York.

In 1981, Jacques Chibois arrived as the Chef of the hotel ‘Gray d’Albion’ in Cannes where he managed the ‘Royal Gray’, well-known by all gourmets, which was the first two-star restaurant of the Cannes area. He also had in charge the other four restaurants of the group.

PRESENT SITUATION

In May 1996 Jacques Chibois opened his own restaurant, “La Bastide Saint Antoine”. In the heart of the Grasse countryside Jacques Chibois welcomes you in all its friendly simplicity. An authentic witness to the art of good living under the sun of Provence. Ancient manor home, completely renovated and redecorated in a soft provencal style.

His cuisine, soft and sensitive, bursts forth in intensity.

From July 1998, the rooms are all form part of the same ambiance: a sober, refined decoration appropriate for La Bastide, an eighteenth century provencal structure.

And from 2005, additional apartments, suites, rooms and many other leisure equipments will allow the hotel to welcome in even better conditions more guests.

Jacques Chibois, a passionate cook and a poet in his spare time, likes, above all, simple things, as much in his own conception of life as in all art forms. If he is keen about creative cuisine, he fully respects, nevertheless, the true traditional values and has moreover been fully able to draw inspiration from the traditions of Provence.

REFERENCES GRANTED BY GASTRONOMY GUIDES.

LA BASTIDE ST ANTOINE

Chevalier de l’ Ordre du Mérite award in 2002

Named Best Cook of the Year 2002 Guide Pudlo 2002

Named among the 100 more beautiful companies of France in 2002

Autodidact Victory Winner of Côte d’Azur Companies Managers in 2001

Named Chef of the Year 1997 by Gault Millau

Named Chef of the Year by his peers in October 1997 by the magazine Le Chef

!8/20 in Gault Millau in 2004

Two stars in the 1997 Guide Michelin

GRAY D’ALBION
Named tomorrow’s number 1 by 100 journalists specialised in gastronomy and the3* chefs classed by the Guide Michelin, patronised by the Arts Gourmands 1992

Named Top Young Chef by the great Chefs and gastronomic critics patronised by the Guide Gault Millau in 1991

Named Chef of the Year in 1989 by Gault Millau

19/20 and four toques in 1989 in Gault Millau

2* Michelin in 1984

1* Michelin in 1982