Cité international de la gastronomie et du vin
An exceptional place to celebrate the French art of living.
The Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin (International City of Gastronomy and Wine) has 1,750 square metres of exhibition space providing the keys to understanding the “French gastronomic meal” which, in 2010, was added to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
10 good reasons to come to the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin.
1. Enjoy a seamless experience that combines the secrets of the exhibitions dedicated to the gastronomic meals of the French with real culinary or tasting workshops.
2. Do some gourmet shopping in the dedicated boutiques at the Gastronomic Village.
3. Discover niche culinary manga among over 10,000 culinary manga titles at the Gourmande Book shop.
4. Taste one of the 250 wines daily as a glass of wine is offered to you by the Cave de la Cité from among 3,000 bottled references, including 1,000 from Burgundy!
5. Gift your spouse a dinner with food and wine prepared by Eric Pras, the only 3-star Michelin chef in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region, culinary director of the Epicure group in the Cité.
6. Try your luck at the experiential kitchen in a chef showdown.
7. Discover the adorabl Sainte-Croix de Jérusalem chapel built in 1459.
8. Catch a movie in one of the nine Pathé cinema halls after devouring a locavore formula on the glass roof of the Bamagotshi dining bar.
9. Thanks to the exhibition in the Grande Chapelle you can taste the vintage effect at the BIVB’s Burgundy wine school after having understood how much the historic centre of Dijon materialises the political impetus given to the formation of the Climats du vignoble de Bourgogne system, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
10 Enroll in the cooking or pastry courses at the Dijon campus of the Ferrandi Paris school for a life-changing experience
The chapel
