The charter
From salt to wine, from butter to meat
Absolutely every product we use, in the kitchen or in the restaurant’s store room, respects this charter without exception. It is our way of guaranteeing complete consistency between our values and what we serve.
01
Offer a product that genuinely has flavour.
02
Respect animal welfare and natural cycles: « give time its time ».
03
Choose a sustainable, environmentally respectful and extensive production system.
04
Strictly respect the health and safety standards in force.
05
Apply total transparency: traceability and production methods.
06
Farm organically or sustainably.
07
Offer cooking at a fair price for farmers and diners alike.
08
Respect traditional production methods.
09
Make the most of local agricultural, human and technical resources.
The prerequisite, then the detail
This general charter is the minimum prerequisite. For each family of products, we have defined a specific charter.
Sought after
- Peasant seeds only
- Saving their own seed and raising their own seedlings
- Organic farming
- Care for biodiversity (hedges, fruit and nectar-bearing trees, ponds, beehives)
- 3 hectares in production maximum
- Limited irrigation
- Mixed production
Excluded
- F1 hybrids
- Plant protection products
- Soil amendments
- Heated greenhouses
- Chemical fertiliser
- Sulphur / copper (or minimal dose)
Sought after
- Natural pasture
- Care for the biodiversity of the flora
- Long rotation practices
- Extensive rearing
- Self-sufficiency (fodder, seed, energy...)
- Mixed production
- Slaughterhouse and transport respectful of animal welfare
- Certification linked to peasant and organic farming
Sought after
- Herd of 40 mother cows maximum
- Hardy cattle breed suited to its environment
- Systematic grazing whenever the weather allows
- Grass- and hay-fed
Excluded
- Plant protection products / synthetic inputs
- Housing not dictated by the weather
- Wrapped silage (>10% of fodder)
- Cereals (as a supplement only)
- Silage
- Disbudding
- Antibiotics
Sought after
- Extensive rearing (10 ha per sow), entirely outdoors
- Herd of max. 4 sows or 100 pigs a year
- Hardy, slow-growing pig breed
- Complete self-sufficiency
- Fed on the range plus the farm's own produce
- Reared for at least 11-12 months
Excluded
- Plant protection products / synthetic inputs
- Large White pigs
- Rearing indoors or semi-open
- Nose rings
- Antibiotics
Sought after
- Extensive rearing (beyond organic standards), entirely outdoors
- Hardy, slow-growing poultry breed
- Fed on the range plus a cereal supplement
- Reared for at least 110 days
Excluded
- Plant protection products / synthetic inputs
- Rearing indoors
- Beak trimming
- Antibiotics
Sought after
- Extensive rearing, entirely outdoors
- Flock of around a hundred ewes maximum
- Hardy, slow-growing sheep breed
- Complete self-sufficiency
- Fed on the range
- Respectful slaughterhouse and transport
Excluded
- Plant protection products / synthetic inputs
- Rearing indoors or semi-open
- Hormone-induced out-of-season breeding
- Antibiotics
Sought after
- Raw milk only
- Farmhouse
- Hardy, local breeds
- Hand or machine milking
- Gravity rather than pumping
- Natural cultures
- Traditional ageing methods
- Natural cellars ideally
Excluded
- Saanen goat, Lacaune ewe or Prim'Holstein cow milk
- Pasteurised cheeses
- Chemical, synthetic or plastic components
Sought after
- Compliance with the beef and pork charters
- Hardy, local breeds
- Farmhouse
- Natural and organic seasoning
- Traditional methods
- Natural cellars ideally
Excluded
- Additives (dextrose, colourings, nitrited salt, preservatives...)
Sought after
- Wild and French
- Caught in the wild
- Boats of 12m max, three crew aboard
- Day trips (freshness)
- Gentle techniques (line, pot, gill net, diving)
- Selective fishing, seabed preserved
- Nothing is discarded
- Quotas respected
- Fair pay for fishermen
Excluded
- Trawling
- Dredging
- Farming
- Chemicals
Sought after
- Born at sea / natural spat collection only
- Diploid exclusively
- Sown on the ground and put in bags on trestles
- Low density / extensive production
- No transport after spat collection
- Three years of growth respected
- Traditional oyster farmers
Excluded
- Triploid / hatchery oysters
- Intensive farming
Sought after
- Organic farming (the baseline)
- Indigenous yeasts
- Hand harvesting
- Minimal handling (minimal filtration)
- Wines with no added inputs
- Estates under 10 ha preferred
Excluded
- Exogenous yeasts
- Chaptalisation
- Fining
- Thermo-vinification, flash pasteurisation
- Oenological inputs (except limited SO2)
✓ sought after · × excluded