• Producer(s):

    STEFILMS, ARTE DEUTSCHLAND TV GMBH, MAJADE FILMPRODUKTION, ZWEITES DEUTSCHES FERNSEHEN

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2023

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

The Halles de Dijon is a huge expanse hosting over 700 stalls in 4 pavilions. Its size goes along with the variety of specialities coming from the Burgundy region. The stalls on the periphery carry the proteins – a vast selection of meats, poultry and charcuterie. Seasonal mushrooms, organic vegetables and an enormous variety of cheese are concentrated in the centre. The vendors take pride in explaining how the abbey monks make their cheese or the black currents are harvested. The light entering the steel beams makes shopping at the market a pleasure and stopping for a little snack, a must. 

Burgundy and the annexed Jura regions have the highest number of organic farms in France and farming now attracts committed youngsters who believe in a more sustainable lifestyle of which selling at the market is part of. The vendors take pride in explaining how the monks living and praying in the abbeys of the Cote d’Or produce and mature their cheese, the farmers in the same area harvest the black currents for the city's famous ‘crème’, and the way the snails a la bourguignon, with butter and parsley, are prepared.  Every stall has a story to tell or a speciality to reveal. The gastronomic capital, as the city of Dijon goes by, has a lot more to discover than the world-popular mustard and its unique spicy gingerbread, and the chefs that buy at the market are always experimenting with new ways of using their regional delicacies.