restaurants around the Le Hamelin
16 place Hamelin
14600Honfleur
Phone : 02 31 89 16 25 | Website
Restaurant "Le Hamelin" is the name of an admiral of the fleet against Napoleon. Two dining rooms typical of old Honfleur, 34 people on the ground floor and 48 upstairs, ideal for groups, business lunches, family reunions. Benoit Lemaitre, owner, master and finally the kitchen chef. Do not look, there is no misspelling. A little history, it comes from the Latin "coqnus" then "coquere" which means cooked. In the 16th century, he covered casseroles. Today, the term no longer used. I was born in the heart of Swiss Normandy, son of a farmer, I grew up on a farm with the flavors of the soil of Normandy who had a definite impact on the cuisine that I offer. Apprenticeship at 15 years Clécy (the Hostellerie du Moulin du Vey) where I finished first apprentices calvados. Then I go to Courchevel for several winter seasons (Hotel Carlina, Byblos Hotel 4 **** deluxe snow). A trip to Paris with Gaston Lenotre Pavillon Elysée 2 ** Michelin on the Fields and the George V. The army has not forgotten me, for a year I get to cook authority in Paris boulevard Latour Maubourg. Then Bagnoles de l'Orne and especially the Riviera where I discovered the richness and flavors of Mediterranean cuisine. Finally, I return to Normandy on the coast flowered since we work in February 2006 my wife and me in developing the restaurant Hamelin.