In 1984, when this reporter took a job teaching tennis at Le Rosey summer school, the kids, according to long-standing student tradition, referred to the cleaning staff as "les esclaves" (the slaves); the local townspeople were termed "les paysans" (the peasants).
But the staff at "Les Contrebandiers" (French for "The Smugglers") don't recognize the man they're serving.
The staff at Le Train Bleu all look like they have been there since the restaurant opened and the place has an incredible buzz about it.
In the 1960s and '70s the staff of Le Figaro was rent by tensions and conflicts over management and ownership as the paper after Brisson's death was headed by a succession of individuals accused of wartime collaboration with the Nazis or the Vichy government.
Though he leaves most of the teaching to his staff at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, his English country house hotel in Great Milton, Oxford, the master does lead a class in Nutrition et la Cuisine Moderne, so he himself can disabuse students of the notion that healthy eating means calorie-counting.
Iggy, who invented stage-diving and once rolled around on broken glass during incendiary live shows with the Stooges, demonstrated a smooth grasp of the French language, which he practices on staff at the Le Bristol hotel.
"Marinas here are the hub of a network of relationships that include brokers, charter and rentals, chandlers that sell boat parts and supplies, and third-party service providers, like chefs and boat staff," said Cedric Le Rest, general manager of Yas Marina on Yas Island.
Joe Sexton, the metro editor, whose staff reported the Annie Le case, said he approached the story with great care.
Claude Guéant, the president's chief of staff, told the newspaper Le Parisien that Mr. Sarkozy "is doing well," and "speaking normally with the hospital staff".
At the time, a spokeswoman for the restaurant said: "All Le Gavroche staff, front of house and kitchen, share in the 13% discretionary service charge".
The announcement of the Indian trip astonished some members of staff at the Elysee Palace, Le Parisien adds.
