Louis Vuitton Re-opens Arnaud Donckele & Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton Restaurant in Saint-Tropez, birthplace of the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community.
As the summer travel season approaches, Louis Vuitton is delighted to announce the return of Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton in Saint-Tropez, which was recently awarded a Michelin star. Located at the White 1921 Hotel near the House’s historical store, the restaurant reopens for the season with an updated menu and the latest Louis Vuitton tableware collection for a dining experience that encompasses a colourful and flavourful voyage into taste.
Culinary Journey
Since 2020, hospitality has been a continuous journey of discovery, aligning with Louis Vuitton’s role as a House of Culture. Whether through a gastronomic meal or luxury snacking, each dining destination is an extension of uncompromising craftmanship. This dedication to excellence is further nurtured by the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community, a unique concept of inspiration and culinary transmission born from the collaboration between Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric during their time together at Cheval Blanc Saint-Tropez located on the Place des Lices. With the two chefs as mentors, the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community supports local talents around the world, embodying the vision and values of creativity and innovation that are dear to the House. Currently, Cafés span Paris, Londres, New York, Milan, Doha, Tokyo, Osaka and Bangkok, each overseen by Members or Friends of the Culinary Community.
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Shared Excellence
This dedication to excellence is further nurtured by the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community, a unique concept of inspiration and culinary transmission born from the collaboration between Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric during their time together at Cheval Blanc Saint-Tropez located on the Place des Lices. With the two chefs as mentors, the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community supports local talents around the world, embodying the vision and values of creativity and innovation that are dear to the House.
Global Presence
Currently, Cafés span Paris, Londres, New York, Milan, Doha, Tokyo, Osaka and Bangkok, each overseen by Members or Friends of the Culinary Community. With Saint-Tropez as the birthplace of the Louis Vuitton culinary community, the restaurant once again provides a destination to discover through summer, while also representing the longer-term vision of how the House’s excellence and savoir-faire now extends to hospitality around the world.
Maxime Frédéric says “The Louis Vuitton Culinary Community allows us to align the Louis Vuitton hospitality offering while still encouraging the chefs to flourish according to their own skills and creativity.” “We are dedicated to bringing customers a relaxed Louis Vuitton culinary experience – whether in Saint-Tropez or any other destination around the world,” says Arnaud Donckele. “Maxime and I are excited about the season ahead as we build upon everything that makes this restaurant so unique.”
Signature Flavours
The restaurant’s menu is a sumptuous exploration of ingredients in their prime, from silky marbled tomatoes and ravioli filled with girolles to the roasted fowl with a fine velouté and a brill meunière prepared with seaweed and citrus. The Michelin star menu is an invitation to embark on an extraordinary journey through taste and is comprised of three pillars: international dishes, disruptive dishes and cultural dishes – all showcasing seasonal and regionally sourced ingredients. Flavours and preparations merge Mediterranean, French and global cuisines, this way the Wagyu beef in an aromatic bouillon draws inspiration from the pot-au-feu while the tuna has Asian influences. Elaborated with the best regionally sourced ingredients, dishes highlight the Mediterranean culture while revealing the tastes of travel, as though transported in trunks by the chefs of the Louis Vuitton Culinary Community. Brilliantly grilled bluetail lobster is elevated by a shiso-infused sauce, while the sole emerges amid locally grown herbs and flowers. In the mid-afternoon, those with a sweet tooth can indulge in Maxime Frédéric’s Rhubarb Vacherin, or else be seduced by the hazelnut meringue and lemon sorbet. Whether refreshing or decadent, each provides a moment of pleasure under the summer sun.
Elegant Setting
The Saint-Tropez setting will integrate a bright and refreshing floral pattern similar to the motif that features throughout the 2025 Women’s Resort Collection, along with the Constellation tableware Collection. Distinguished by an elegant geometric pattern that reinterprets the Monogram Flowers, it is crafted in the finest extra-white Limoges porcelain. The enchanting ambiance is enhanced with reinterpreted Objets Nomades pieces such as the Mini Bell Lamps designed by Barber & Osgerby and Zanellato/Bortotto’s lamps enclosed within interwoven leather.
The restaurant opened on May 15, 2025.
