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George Clooney Opens a Restaurant in One of France's Most Beautiful Villages, Just 90 Minutes from Nice

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The Editor

Montage : Le Bonbon

After CR7 and his hotel that opened in the capital a few months ago, it's another global celebrity's turn to choose to establish their business in our beautiful country. Indeed, the most famous Nespresso ambassador has just unveiled a restaurant project in the south, just a few kilometers from Aix-en-Provence.

For the past few years, George Clooney has made no secret of his love for our beautiful country. Not only has he been living in Brignoles for no less than 5 years with his wife Amal and their twins Alexander and Ella, born in 2017, but the whole little family was also naturalized French last year. And apparently, the actor is determined to continue his expansion, by opening a restaurant soon…


After the café, pasta

It is in Cotignac, a charming village neighboring Brignoles where his children go to school, that the actor has set his sights on a former pizzeria. In this hamlet with barely more than 2,000 inhabitants, he intends to transform the place into a high-end restaurant, while preserving its Italian roots

Italian. A project carried out in partnership with a Californian businessman, Graham Porter, who owns an eco-resort in the village, the Lou Calen. A notice of occupancy was posted on the storefront, valid until November 9, and work is already underway. According to management, however, official information shouldn't arrive for at least six months.


A Little Getaway

A charming little trip that we definitely recommend organizing one day in your life. First of all, because Italian cuisine is always delicious — especially when it comes straight from the one and only George Clooney — and besides, the Var is an absolutely charming region full of little villages just waiting to be discovered. Cotignac, for example, is among the most beautiful in France, and its market particularly captivated us this summer!