The 21 mars 2026
Coye la Forêt Cultural Centre, Salle Claude Domenech 60580 COYE-LA-FORET
from 15h00 to 17h30
François Vatel, maître d'hôtel and confidant of the powerful, organised the most beautiful and sumptuous feasts for the court of King Louis XIV. The one held at Vaux-le-Vicomte on 17 August 1661 was of such grandeur that it precipitated the fall of Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of royal finances. In April 1671, having entered the service of the Prince de Condé and become his Controller General, Vatel organised the reception of King Louis XIV and his court at the Château de Chantilly. Nearly 2,000 people had to be housed, fed and entertained, with a purely political aim: to re-establish trust between the King and the Prince of Condé.
Vatel, whom legend wrongly has it was sometimes a chef, sometimes even the inventor of Chantilly cream, devoted his life to this theatre of political celebrations, at the birth of the art of the table and French-style service.
Lecture by Nicole Garnier-Pelle
Honorary General Curator of Heritage,
President of the Friends of the Musée Condé.
Date(s)
| The 21 March | |
| Saturday | Open from 5 pm à 17h30 |
| monday | Closed |
| tuesday | Closed |
| wednesday | Closed |
| thursday | Closed |
| friday | Closed |
| saturday | Closed |
| sunday | Closed |
