{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Laurent Rospars | Little Prince Wine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/609e2c2eb7d032227d1bd370/609e2c38f69c17229c1bdc53.jpg?height=200","description":"This was a wonderful conversation to have and also a little tricky to write up, because this was a no holds barred all over the place conversation. Laurent Rospars has so many great stories to tell. Originally from Brittany, he has now been in Australia for just over 30 years and in fact celebrated his 30th anniversary in 2016 by cooking with a few of his chef mates, among them chefs I have also happily chatted to; Annie Smithers, Ian Curley, Pierrick Boyer. Laurent worked at Michelin starred Maxim’s and the Tour d’Argent in Paris, was the Executive sous chef at the Hyatt Hotel in Kuwait; he has owned and run his own restaurant in St Kilda as well as led teams in several other high profile Melbourne venues and for the last 12 years has been the head sommelier for the Melbourne Pub Group. We met at the Prince Hotel in St Kilda and Laurent took me for a walk around the building, showing me where his boutique wine bar and store, Little Prince Wine, is still being built and then back in through the newly reopened pub. We sat upstairs in the dining room and I drank a glass of beautiful muscadet while we talked food, wine, rugby and anything else that popped up along the way.","author_name":"Jo Rittey"}