Photo shoot
Le Schiap
Photography
Le Schiap. Hôtel de Berri, Paris.
Chef Stéphane Pitré’s new restaurant opens its doors inside the Hôtel de Berri, Elsa Schiaparelli’s former home, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Élysées.
I shot its opening series: capturing the volumes, textures and singular atmosphere of a place that sits between couture heritage and contemporary gastronomy.
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Restaurant photographer in Paris: the opening shoot for Le Schiap
Le Schiap is chef Stéphane Pitré’s restaurant, set inside the Hôtel de Berri, Elsa Schiaparelli’s former home, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Élysées. I shot its opening series.
A restaurant opening needs images available very quickly: for the press, social media, the Google Business profile and booking platforms. The work focused on the volumes of the dining room, the textures and the atmosphere of the place, between couture heritage and contemporary cuisine.
What the series shows
Around twenty images cover the kitchen and the dining room. On the plate: marinated salmon, a flower-topped velouté, spinach conchiglioni, fagottini, a pasta purse, cod with edible flowers, Wellington, lacquered rib of beef, rack of beef with thyme on a bed of hay, then a frozen strawberry parfait and a chocolate dessert. Behind the scenes: chef Stéphane Pitré in the dining room and the kitchen, plating with tweezers, the brigade at work. In the dining room: a guest reading the menu, a diner tasting a dish. Enough to feed both the press and social media from opening day.
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