Lionel Pellé, pastry chef and chocolatier at Cannelle pastry shop for 33 years. (Credit: Photo provided by Lionel Pellé)
Since his arrival in Lebanon on May 18, 1993, Lionel Pellé, pastry chef and chocolatier at Pâtisserie Cannelle and a Relais Dessert member since 2009, has seen the best and the worst. The good days before 2005, then the conflicts, political assassinations, the economic crisis, the double port explosion and this latest war that has no name. "I am an optimist and I love this country despite everything..." he explains with a smile. "I love its climate, its geographic closeness between the sea and the mountains — even if it’s a bit of a cliché — the Lebanese people, who are cultured, very endearing... The gastronomy, the women, who are beautiful." Lebanese food in Paris Andrew Loutfi, a chef bringing Lebanese 'fast good' to Paris So beautiful, in fact, that he married one, Yola, eventually gaining Lebanese...
Since his arrival in Lebanon on May 18, 1993, Lionel Pellé, pastry chef and chocolatier at Pâtisserie Cannelle and a Relais Dessert member since 2009, has seen the best and the worst. The good days before 2005, then the conflicts, political assassinations, the economic crisis, the double port explosion and this latest war that has no name. "I am an optimist and I love this country despite...
