Welcome to the b&b, cooking classes and
private dining experience that every vegan, vegetarian, raw foodist
and green traveler has dreamt of finding in Paris!
Our
vegan b&b, opened in July 2009, has been set up and is run
according to environment- and people-friendly principles using
entirely cruelty-free products and materials …… all of which go to
making your trip to Paris a more conscious and enjoyable experience……
The
central location, on a lovely street just minutes by foot from the Arc
de Triomphe, is near major sites such as the Louvre and the Eiffel
Tower and also the famous Bois de Boulogne park of Paris.
The apartment is
located in a building from the Art Deco period and is decorated in
a colorful and serene contemporary style .
Our
b&b offers one double bedroom with a queen-size (or twin beds on
request) and private bathroom. We use organic and vegan bedding, towels
and toiletries.
The
generous, gourmet breakfasts and optional dinners, during which you can
meet other like-minded visitors to Paris, are 100% vegan, organic and
seasonal.
Perhaps most importantly, our warm welcome is sincere and attentive like that one would hope to find from old friends.
The
owners and hosts , Deborah, Caroline and Alexandre Brown-Pivain, are
members of an enthusiastically vegan, franco-american family. They are
each passionate about gourmet Vegan cuisine, protecting and improving
the Environment and promoting Animal Rights. All take great pleasure
helping visitors to Paris have the best time possible (and a well-fed
one at that!).
Our new vegan cooking classes are a great way to get introduced or perfect all the aspects of a 100% plant-food based vegan cuisine.
Deborah
is a long-time cook and organic gardener having formerly run a large,
acclaimed guest house and open-to-the public organic kitchen garden in
the Normandy countryside. She is the head chef at Gentle Gourmet, director of the Delectable Garden Tours in France and president of the newly-founded International Vegan Culinary Society.
Alexander,
a Sorbonne art history major, conducts guided visits to all the current
art exhibitions, cultural tours of the various areas of Paris as well
as the Delectable Garden tours. He also organizes our French and
English eco-food talks about all the motivating factors of a vegan
life-style.
Caroline,
who specializes in Asian vegan cuisine, has a degree in sustainable
tourism and hotel management and is also a certified tour guide. She
conducts the delectable garden tours and is available as a certified guide for private,
specialized tours of Paris and Normandy.
In addition to the bed and breakfast The Gentle Gourmet provides:
*Vegan dinners for b&b guests and other visitors to Paris by reservation
*Vegan
(and also raw food) picnics to take out accompanied by a listing and
map of the best picnic spots in Paris for all seasons and atmospheres.
* a continually updated map showing the veggie and vegan-friendly restaurants, delicatessens and food stores.
*
Tours of the fabulous Kitchen Gardens of the regions of France. Five
different one-day trips offered by Delectable Garden Tours - two in
Normandy, two in the Paris region and one in the Loire Valley.
Our little extras!!!
* fresh flowers in your room
* vegan toiletries from "LUSH"
* organic cotton terry-cloth bathrobes
* hair-dryer
* coffee, tea, juice and vegan cookies and muffins for after sight-seeing moments!
* wifi
* television with dvd in room and in living room and large collection of dvds. We are currently compiling a collection of books and dvds on all the famous French authors and artists and also best -known French films.
* Extensive collection of books, magazines and newspapers in French and English available .
* tourism brochures and maps in English and French.
* our animal friends are welcome. We can provide appropriate vegan animal food at cost.
* all special diets can be catered to - nut-free, gluten-free, salt-free, raw food, low-fat, sugar-free by prior reservation.
