5 classic seafood recipes from Claude Bosi's new bistro
Claude Bosi is known for his Michelin-starred cooking at Bibendum and Brooklands at the Peninsula, but it is his love of the more rustic food he knew as a child in France that informs his cooking. 'The question we ask at all our restaurants is, 'Is it delicious?' ' the 52-year-old chef says. It's an approach exemplified by Josephine bistro in Fulham, which he launched last year with his wife, Lucy, where gratin dauphinois, onion soup and cheese soufflé are never off the menu. 'There's something deeply satisfying in watching people enjoying a simple dish such as steak au poivre, and we've sold nearly 10,000 soufflés since we opened,' Bosi says.
Being born in Lyons, a city synonymous with rich, meaty food, it was obvious
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