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French Market News 5 Jan 2023
Dear French Market friends Happy New Year to you, I hope it is a year filled with memorable meals shared with best friends and families. This morning at the Elysees Palace in Paris, President Macron welcomed bakers representing the whole industry, to partake in...
French Market News 23 Dec 2022
Dear French Market friends Christmas is in two days time and everyone is out looking for presents and special treats for Christmas. We are open today until 7pm and tomorrow until 5pm. We are closed on 25, 26December and 1st January. We still have a few Panettones and...
French Market News 9 Dec 2022
Bonjour French Market friends in Cape Town, The FIFA world cup rolls on with France meeting their “traditional enemy” England at the Quarter Finals. Despite the 100-year war having been concluded in 1453 there has always remained this sparring between “Les Pommes” and...
French Market News 2 Dec 2022
Bonjour French Market friends in Cape Town, This week on 1st December, 10 years ago, we opened our shop at the Gardens Centre and we haven’t looked back. We have redecorated several times. We have expanded our product range dramatically and now have access to the best...
French Market News 18 Nov 2022
Bonjour French Market friends in Cape Town, All eyes are on Qatar this weekend as The FIFA World Cup 2022 opens amid lots of fanfare. Defending champions France are definitely amongst the favourites to win this year’s Cup, with Brazil and Argentina in strong...
French Market News 13 Nov 2022
Bonjour French Market friends in Cape Town This week has raced by, and we are almost halfway through November. Our Christmas stock is starting to land in Cape Town. One of my favourites at this time of year are the Panettone and Pandoro, the classic Italian cake...
French Market News 4Nov2022
In Europe, the autumn chill is being felt. On the 1st of November in France was La Toussaint, All Saints day. It is observed in France by families visiting the graves of their ancestors and decorating them with flowers. Symbolically the chrysanthemum is the flower...
French Market News 28 October 2022
Bonjour French Market friends in Cape Town, Today is the International #ChampagneDay. Across the globe countries are celebrating this beautiful bubbly wine. The development of the modern champagne process is historically attributed to the monk, Dom (Father) Perignon,...
French Market News 20 October 2022
Bonjour French Market friends. In the vineyards in France the harvest has been completed, the vine leaves are turning russet and the fermenting juice is safely stored in the cellars around the country. According to the latest statistics the production of the 2022...
French Market News 14 October 2022
Bonjour French Market friends. This is a rather abbreviated newsletter this week. In between receiving masses of new stock, I also had a cataract op, so I am trying to squeeze my work in, between resting my eyes a little. I have been short sighted all my life and...
French Market News 6 October 2022
Bonjour French Market friends. Whilst we continue to battle here through disruptive power cuts, this week in France President Macron and his Ministers reinforced their efforts to reduce energy consumption in the face of rising costs and potential disruption of gas...