Saoul & Spirit
All you need do is talk to Emmanuel and Kristine Renaut to appreciate the passion that inhabits the people and places here.
At altitude, the words kindness and hospitality are never overused. Caring for others is a given.
Like mountain refuges perched high among the peaks, the Emmanuel Renaut establishments offer a warm and sincere welcome.
Like mountain refuges perched high among the peaks, the Emmanuel Renaut establishments offer a warm and sincere welcome.
As true custodians of the art of mountain living, the couple impart a gentle way of being, acting as an invitation to feeling good.
Places for moments that matter and joyful celebrations, places for conviviality and relaxing interludes in the comforting warmth of your chalet, each and every establishment is a haven for gourmets and epicureans alike.
These are places where people come to explore and return time and time again for the sheer indulgent pleasure of it.
Outdoors, the mountains dictate the rules and inspire respect.
Devotion to an all-powerful nature that sets its own calendar of longer winters, cooler springs and extraordinary summers.
The mountains are a constant challenge and an inexhaustible source of inspiration. They demand dedication, commitment and a kind of self-sacrifice that only the ‘lead climbers’ are capable of.
They also inspire daring and demand excellence, two of the key qualities required from each and every Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
Both an inspiring guide and an inspired creator, a charismatic leader of men and a messenger of the laws of the mountains, Emmanuel Renaut is quite simply a transmitter of emotions.
The soul of the Emmanuel Renaut establishments encompasses all of this.
Theirs is a committed human approach that places people and nature at the centre of a philosophy embodied in a cuisine as delicate as the Alpine blooms, and as sincere and uncompromising as the summit ridges that pierce the horizon.
Our Values
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CSR Commitments
Our aim is to be transparent about the origin of our ingredients, favouring short supply chains, local and seasonal produce, fish from sustainable and responsible fisheries, recycling our waste and using less and less plastic each day. In our establishments, our love of cooking is rooted in our attachment to the terroir and the environment.
If our cuisine tells a story, it is because the produce expresses itself first and foremost, telling us of its origins, often nearby, and in harmony with the surrounding landscape, weather and passage of time… In summer, the soil in our kitchen gardens produces thousands of lettuces and aromatic herbs, courgette flowers, crisp green beans and crunchy radishes, all with a taste of the terroir and the love we lavish upon them.
We take care of the environment that inspires and gives us so much. This means doing away with plastic a little more each day, recycling our food waste and thereby saving on hundreds of bin bags and the cost of transporting them. By turning our waste into compost, it is no longer in the bag, but in our gardens or those of our producers.
Here, the chef’s hand is always joined by that of the winemaker, farmer, gardener and of course our maintenance staff who look after our establishments and tend to the welfare of our chickens and precious bees.
These are the men and women who work hard day in, day out, to ensure the smooth running of our establishments. Recognition, equality and fairness, training and transmission, conviviality and commitment: more than just words, our human policy reflects the natural harmony of a mountain world in which balance reigns supreme.
A FEW FIGURES
. 4,000m² of vegetable garden
. 1,200 salad plants – 4,000 root vegetables
. 16 tonnes of food waste recycled
. 350kg of acacia, dandelion and lime tree honey
“These are the children of our friends and customers, the Witvoets. We’ve pretty much watched them grow up at our table and are delighted to be able to present this video!
These 30 minutes are a must-see! A wonderful adventure, full of hope, meaning and intelligence!
Around our establishments, despite the ashtrays provided, we constantly find cigarette butts – cigarette butts that are slowly going to end up in the sea – and slowly going to end up on our plates… This film is well worth showing and watching with the whole family!”
Kristine Renaut
