Season 5, Episode 6: La Mer - Ludo Lefebvre
The Mind Of A Chef Season 5: Ludo Lefebvre & "Best Of" Episodes
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23m
La mer means, simply, “the sea.” Ludo came up under mentors like Alain Passard and Mark Meneau, chefs with an almost pathological obsession with ingredients. His eyes light up when he describes the Lobsters of Brittany, the Oysters from Cancale, and the myriad of other extraordinary culinary jewels. In this episode, we explore how the oceanic bounty of France is some of the best anywhere by profiling the ingredients that can be pulled from it.
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