Arnaud Duhem: The modernized heir to bistronomy

In this episode of the Collège Culinaire de France podcast, Arnaud Duhem discusses his career, his choices, and his vision of the restaurant industry. He explains that after years spent in luxury hotels and prestigious establishments, he chose to return to his roots by taking over the historic birthplace of “bistronomy”—the legendary Régalade—to make his mark under the name Les Petits Parisiens.

His ambition is to combine excellence and of hospitality, local heritage and modernity, local roots and international openness. He wants a bistro to be more than just a place to eat—a space for living, sharing, and meaning.

On the management side, Arnaud describes his role as a “guardian of the temple”: defining the framework, setting ambitions, ensuring the coherence of the project, while the chef (Lucas Felzine) and sommelier (Loïc Mougène) express their creativity.

Finally, he emphasizes the concept of transmission: welcoming, training, bringing to life a place steeped in history, while allowing it to evolve. For him, “living bistronomy” is measured as much in the dishes as in the people:

The Collège Culinaire de France is an association founded in 2011 on the initiative of fifteen great chefs and restaurateurs such as Alain Ducasse, Joël Robuchon, Yannick Alléno, Paul Bocuse, Alain Dutournier, Gilles Goujon, Michel Guérard, Marc Haeberlin, Régis Marcon, Thierry Marx, Gérald Passedat, Laurent Petit, Anne-Sophie Pic, Guy Savoy, and Pierre Troisgros.

Alexandra Puget-Rostand