Eiffel Tower restaurant to reopen after collision of kitchen egos
(The Guardian France)

Frédéric Anton will head Le Jules Verne after previous chef Alain Ducasse lost lawsuitThe Eiffel Tower restaurant Le Jules Verne reopens this weekend after a titanic battle in which two top chefs prised it away from the culinary star Alain Ducasse, who had run the establishment for a decade.Ducasse was evicted by the Eiffel Tower´s operator last year to make room for the chefs Frédéric Anton and Thierry Marx, whose consortium won the right to take over the management of Le Jules Verne and the other food outlets in the monument, which include snack counters and a brasserie on the first level. Related: Alcohol and chefs: a real kitchen nightmare Continue reading...