World's Best Food Country (2nd Place)

Monday, February 18, 2008

2nd Place France

5th Place, South Africa
4th Place, Spain
3rd Place, America

I don't think there was ever a doubt that France would make it into this list but the fact that the strong favourite has been beaten into second place is a real turn up for the books.
When you think of good food France is probably one of the first countries that springs to mind and if it were not for the quality of our winner France would certainly have taken home the honours! I could go on about the reasons why France didn't win but I personally think there is more value on focusing on it's merits and with an entry of this quality there are no shortage of those!I've been lucky enough to spend a lot of time in France and it is clearly evident that the people live for their food. What i love the most is their culture of food and their respect for the value of the local artisan producers. In a world that seems to be obsessed with bigger and cheaper supermarkets and with bulk buying it takes a stubborn group of people to ignore the lure of the cheap quick fix but the French seem to be fighting their corner well! Don't get me wrong, you will still find plenty of big supermarkets in France including Carrefour, one of the world's biggest but the French would never allow their small local food suppliers to be treated as they are elsewhere in the world. This passion for food manifests itself all the way through the supply chain and I can say with some confidence that French produce on a whole is the best I have ever seen. Chefs (and France has the best standard of these in the world) can only be as good as the produce you give them and in Frane they have the best selection of truffles, fois gras, chicken, game, vegetables, seafood, cheeses, breads and every other kind of ingredient you care to name.

What I love the most about france is that it really doesn't matter if you are in a local bistro or a 3 star michelin restaurant, you will be guarenteed to be served great food at a modest price. Top that all off with some of the world's best wine and a surly french waiter and what more could you possibly ask for!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Totally agree here. I absolutely love France and all it's little artisan shops. Best of luck with your proposal on Thursday!

www.ifoods.tv said...

Thanks Sarah! Kind of getting nervous about it now, worse than standing infront of camera! Do you know the winner of the comp yet? must have an idea!

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking Italy but not quite sure.... Could be an Asian country also...

Anonymous said...

If the UK, or for that matter anything from Scotland to England or Wales, gets to be number one, I'll seriously start to doubt your taste ;)
My list:
1 - Italy
2 - France (too arrogant to be number 1)
3 - Brazil
4 - Japan
5 - Portugal

www.ifoods.tv said...

Ah Arthur, funny man! Without giving anything away I think we can rule Wales out of the running for World's best food country!

Anonymous said...

Whaaaaat??? What about Scotland? They gave us the deep fried mars bar ;o)

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