Blog: Guru hits the big time

It’s early in May and the Cannes film festival has just started.

Imagine the scene in some A-list Hollywood agency. A junior employee sits at her desk munching a lettuce leave.

View of the citadel from Cannes portside

‘Finish that quick, Mr Cloopitjolie, needs somewhere to eat tonight.’

‘Where is he?’

‘France’

‘Where’s that?’

‘Europe’

There’s still a blank look on the face of the junior employee.

‘Damn it just get on the internet and search for restaurants Riviera, Provence.’

‘Ok, how long have I got?’

’20 minutes.’

Google pops up on the screen. Within 15 minutes the employee is running to her boss, nearly tripping over in her Manolos as she does so, waving a piece of paper so excitedly that the back-draft nearly blows her over.

The boss is pleased. ‘This is brilliant, where did you get it?’

How the office junior felt about the guru and also a shop sign in Cannes

‘I asked the guru.’

‘Not another F***ing scientologist?’

‘No they are husband and wife….’

‘I don’t have time to care….just send it.’

And that is the story of how the guru came to have its first A-list client.

We wish we could tell you who it was, but all requests are treated with the utmost secrecy.

Instead here’s the request we were sent and our response:

If money were no object and you had a chauffeur to drive you around where would you eat near Cannes?

Nice spot for lunch – the Chevre D’Or just outside Cannes

Chevre D’Or Eze

http://www.chevredor.com/uk/chateau-chevre-d-or-eze-official-site.php

Has one of the most stunning views the Guru has ever seen. We only had a drink on the terrace…but we made it last!

Club 55 St Tropez

Telephone

04 94 55 55 55

http://www.worlds-luxury-guide.com/Food-Beverage/Restaurants/Le-Club-55-Saint-Tropez

Club 55 is one of the most famous beach clubs in the world. A celebrity hang out especially in July and August. Great atmosphere and very good food.

Le Colombe D’Or – St Paul de Vence

http://www.la-colombe-dor.com/indexEN.html

Made famous as many young artists used to come and stay here, they paid their hotel bills with paintings and as a result the walls are still covered with some of the most celebrated artists including Picasso. Very well known and a must visit.

Restaurant Bacon – Cap D’Antibes

http://www.restaurantdebacon.com/

Legendary hang out for the well to do. Famous for it’s excellent fish.

Le Moulin de Mougins – Mougins

http://www.moulindemougins.com/uk/index.php

Mougins is just behind Cannes and this restaurant is a real foodies delight.

Les Belles Rives – Juan les Pins

http://www.bellesrives.com/en/index.html

The guru loves the terrace of this lovely hotel. Hemingway famously wrote here and you can see why.

Just a wonderfully relaxed, yet luxurious place for a seaside lunch

Plage de la Pinede – Juan les Pins

https://plus.google.com/101710494304581531014/photos?hl=en

We have a real soft spot for this fantastic beach club in Juan les Pins as we sold rose there for Jamie’s second book La Vie en Rose. It is a real “eat with your feet in the sand” type of place…at the same time the food is absolutely fantastic. Hire a sunlounger and spend the day. Must book. (for a sunlounger too)