![]() ![]() “It was something to keep me out of trouble for sure. The cooks were off on weekends so the children made their own meals. Marchand grew up in an orphanage and that is where he discovered his love for cooking. “I moved to New York and worked at Gramercy Tavern. It stuck to me,” he recalled in a tableside interview. “Jamie Oliver gave me the nickname Frenchie when I worked for him in London. If the name seems like overkill for a restaurant in Paris, it’s because it originated with an Englishman. He began with Frenchie, which quickly became so popular that he opened Frenchie To Go and the Frenchie Wine Bar. On the narrow, cobbled Rue du Nil in the 2nd arrondissement, chef Gregory Marchand planted his culinary flag in 2009. Patrons enjoying a bite at Frenchie to Go sitting on the outside counter looking in. ![]()
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