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GASTRONOMY
Marie-Josèphe Raboud
L’épicurieuse at l’Auberge de Gy
Hidden away in a corner of the Geneva
countryside, Marie-Josèphe Raboud rules
over her kitchen. Here there is no unneces-
sary fuss – her dishes seem simple; but are,
in fact, the great classics of bourgeois
cooking made with a great deal of talent,
flair and experience and with products of
the highest quality.
She is from the Rhone valley, from the very
source of the river to its delta as through her
father, a former pupil at the école hôtellière de
Lausanne, she is Valaisanne, and Camarguaise
through her inn-keeper grandmother and this
is where she was brought up in the warm and
friendly atmosphere created by the cooking of
big family meals. When she was very young,
she toured France with her parents visiting
gourmet restaurants, but also ones that were
less well known and whose reputation was
spread by word of mouth. After a philosophy
Bac, and law studies, Marie-Josèphe realised
that she was happiest when lovingly cooking
a meal for others, and so she decided to make
it her profession. In 1992, she took over the
Auberge de Gy and for the last 20 years, she
spoils all those who seek a pleasurable break,
or for those whom Proust’s Madeleine would