Monte-Carlo Beach: Growing its Culinary Heritage

At Monte-Carlo Beach’s Chefs of the Restaurant Engagés® workshop, farmer Maxime Schmitt, and artisan chef Victor Brandi, explored the close link between the seed and the plate along with local culinary heritage and biodiversity. On this occasion, the chefs were able to rediscover a local product that had been forgotten, the Pink Onion of Menton. As part of its work to preserve heirloom seeds, Maison des Semences Paysannes Maralpines had cultivated seeds of the Pink Onion of Menton and promotes its reintroduction. To support these efforts, Monte-Carlo Beach has requested that these onions be planted in its farm-partner’s garden to be ready to offer with local specialties during the 2024 season.