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January 25, 2008

Celebrated chef aims for the sky with new Eiffel Tower restaurant

By ANGELA DOLAND
Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Alain Ducasse has already taken haute cuisine to great heights, in menus for the Concorde jet and for astronauts. But opening a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower comes with its own challenges.

Though only 410 feet up, there's no gas cooking because of safety concerns. All the decor had to be light so as not to weigh on the 118-year-old iron structure. And because space is tight, food is washed and prepared in an underground kitchen.


 
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