Once again, André's timing was perfect; this was the year that paid bvacations/b for employees were instituted in France. Maison Pic became the pit stop ? la mode for chichi sun-seekers from Paris heading south. ... Not longer after this, it was the turn of Alain, Jacques' own son and heir to his toque, to start his career in the kitchen; staging at l'Auberge de l'Ill, bIllhaeusern/b; le Vivarois; at l'Ecole Lenôtre in Paris; and with master chocolatier, Pierre Debroas, ...
