“L’esprit de Gigi”, Gabriel’s new restaurant, is it inspired by “Mamie”, Jean Imbert’s restaurant? Lucas Bravo’s response

Change of direction for Gabriel’s restaurant in season 3 ofEmily in Paris… A direction that will resemble that taken by Jean Imbert a few years ago.

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In the last episode of season 3 of Emily in Paristo be discovered, on Wednesday December 21 from 9:01 a.m., fans of Darren Star’s series will discover Gabriel’s new restaurant (Lucas Bravo makes intriguing revelations about the rest of the series…). Spoiler alert… The new establishment is now named Gigi’s spirit, named after the grandmother of Emily’s neighbor (Lily Collins confides in her father Phil Collins and his refusal of “passes-rights”).

Gabriel’s new restaurant looks like Jean Imbert’s with his grandma

This concept is reminiscent of the restaurant of Jean Imbert, the starred chef and winner of Top chef with her grandmother opened in 2019. Called “Mamie”, the Parisian establishment offered its best recipes. Located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, it has seen international stars like Kristen Stewart or Matthew McConaughey or the very glamorous French actresses, Marion Cotillard and Leïla Bekhti. The adventure ended with the death of Jean Imbert’s grandmother in 2021 at the age of 94. But was Darren Star inspired by this world famous restaurant? We asked the question to Lucas Bravo, the interpreter of Gabriel.

Lucas Bravo worked with a real chef

“Not at all. It’s a complete coincidence,” answers first the son of the footballer Daniel Bravo before recovering. “He must have an inspiration. I may not be aware.” The actor reveals: “It’s inspired above all by the fact that we wanted to take another direction for Gabriel, to make him go into a cuisine that was a little more heathly, organic, veggie, more in tune with his generation. We were inspired by a real chef who has a green Michelin star. He recycles and reuses everything. He makes clay crumbles. It’s very, very good. He designed a menu only for the restaurant with real dishes that we see in the series . We spent two months shooting together.”