Travel Channel seeks some assistance...

Jeff -- we have our feelers out! TRUST me!

Thank you for your responses. I was unclear in my posting. What we need is a traditional french food. We are currently focusing on bakeries, but we are open to all ideas. We are staying away from restaurants and wine, however, because in the other countries where we have already been to, we have already been to those. What we are really looking for are bakeries, chocolatiers, mustard farms, snail farms (yum), caviar, and any other type of traditional French dishes that we are not aware of. The goal is for the show to be as unique as possible.

Speaking English is important as well. I know it is not easy to find, but we would really need 2-3 people to speak English in order for that family to be considered.

Again, thank you for all your help. Any ideas you might have would be greatly appreciated.

Oh yeah. And I'm not much interested in the good looking guys...Haha!

Thanks Sam and St. Germain:

Sam: As usual, you've identified the glitch. Think of the "grand" restos. Rostang (Caroline works with her parents) -- & other eateries that have been in business for ages. Some of the offshoots are run by the children. Come to think of it ... Guy Savoy's son. His English is better than mine!
And he's so much better looking!

You might try Ciao Bella, at 6 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris, France. The owner (Hido Holli), and his wife, just opened the restaurant, have a restaurant in New York City and are very personable. The number in Paris is 01.43.25.88.18. It isn't a bakery, but it may be what you are looking for.

I think there's a perfect place in the 16th at the end of the block we stay on. It's a picturesque storefront that glistens from hundreds of feet away, owned and run my a wife and husband, and I think they have a daughter or two working there too. Alas, no one speaks English. And I think that's going to be the rub you'll run into.

Maybe there are some places in the 6th or 7th that serve the ex-pat community but I don't know of any. Outside of Paris I would be very surprised to find any places where several family members speak English.

Hello. I am a production coordinator for a new Travel Channel series that focuses on local, family-owned and operated food establishments. In February, we will be heading to Paris to shoot three families. We are wondering if anybody could help us find any family owned bakeries within an hour of Paris. The catch is there has to be multiple members of the family working at the bakery, and there also has to be a couple of the family members that would be able to speak english. Anyway, any kind of help would be appreciated. I know we can maybe find some when we actually get there, but we need to know before we leave. We have to write family reports for the executives for the show, so they know that they aren't wasting their time and money on a trip to France.

Thank you very much.

Jeff Kreisler
Goodnite Productions