Michel Bras at Don Julio: Exclusive Dinner in Buenos Aires to Benefit Le Sourire Foundation

Chef Guido Tassi, gastronomic advisor of the Don Julio grill, will have the pleasure of seeing his master Michel Bras in Buenos Aires.
On October 10, the famous French chef will visit Pablo Rivero’s grill in Palermo to offer an exclusive dinner for the benefit of the Le Sourire (“the smile”) Foundation in the province of Chaco.
Those who attend this dinner will be able to taste, among other things, the classic Coulant au chocolat accompanied by a Rutini Wines 2004 Encabezado de malbec.
What today is known worldwide as “chocolate volcano” is an invention of Michel Bras in the early 1980s.
His inspiration came from drinking a hot chocolate after a strenuous and freezing cold day of skiing. Michel started his way in the kitchen following in the footsteps of his mother, who was the one who started a restaurant in that small village in the Aubrac region.
There he served homemade and well-prepared food, mainly for the workers of the area.
In 1968 Michel, together with his wife Ginette, took over that establishment and together they brought it to another level of excellence, without giving up the sincerity with which his mother worked.
In 1992 Michel created the restaurant Le Suquet, located on a promontory overlooking Laguiole, France.
His dishes are a faithful reflection of the region’s ingredients. Now his son Sébastien has taken over Le Suquet, thus maintaining the family tradition and the solid prestige of Bras that goes back three generations. In recent years Michel has been retiring and Sébastien has taken over the reins of the family kitchen.
Last year they surprised the world by renouncing the three Michelin stars that Le Suquet had.
They claimed they were unwilling to keep up with the frenetic demands of such certifications.
The greatest gratification they aspire to is the happiness of their diners.