" Generosity. David Ducassou uses this word most often when he evokes Yves Camdeborde. Bearn, who is bowing out, was his mentor. The former boss of Cap e Tot says, "Without him, I wouldn't have opened a restaurant here in my native village."
David Ducassou contacted Yves Camdeborde because of a classified ad. David Ducassou recalls that a chef who knew him said to me, "You're going be suffering." It's true. But of happiness.
David Ducassou arrived at La Regalade in September 1993, the first Parisian establishment by Yves Camdeborde. "I was there for three years. His generosity is so great that he is willing to give the best. This requires rigor and sacrifices. Stephane Jego was his second wife for twelve years. This boy is someone I admire greatly.
Yves Camdeborde David Ducassou continues, "He is limitless" in all things, work and personal. The cook recalls the time "from before the Stade Francais." There were more Ile-de-France residents than there were Bearnais. Yves had told me that he would take me along. Pierre Berbizier, former coach of the XV of France editor's notes, and Bernard Lapasset, former leader of FFR editor's notes, were the tables I was seated at. I was 19. I didn't understand what I was doing. I was there in the middle.
