Although France is more than 4,500 miles away, South Floridians can savor the handmade croissants and imported wines this month at French Week Miami.
French Week Miami is actually more than a week: It’s a month-long event that showcases French culture and its prevalence in South Florida. It is sponsored by the French-American Chamber of Commerce and is organized in partnership with the Consulate General of France.
In its fifth edition, French Week Miami will showcase aspects of French cuisine, business, culture, and education.
The festival had its kick-off with the Miami-Nice Jazz Festival last weekend.
“By starting off the program with this, people get to see the partnership between Miami and Nice through their fabulous music,” said Nathalie Cluzet-Bertot, a press attaché for the Consulate General of France in Miami.
French Week Miami coincides with the start of French Spice.
French Spice includes 20 restaurants that will all serve a prix fixe menu meant to showcase French food and wine.
“This celebration of French cuisine will attract people’s stomachs and will hopefully be just as successful as the famous Miami Spice,” said Laure McKay, the executive director of French Week Miami.
Restaurants participating in French Spice will offer lunch specials under $20 and dinner specials under $50.
For the first time, five French cafes and bakeries will participate in Café Spice.
Café Spice will show what an authentic French coffee break is with café and croissant or macaron combinations for $4.
The French ambassador to the United States, Francois Delattre, will speak in a luncheon on Thursday at the Atrio in the Conrad Hotel.
He will have an open debate focusing on innovation and its importance in French relations with the United States.
Florida International University will also feature French films throughout the month.
During the Miami Book Fair International, French novelist Marc Levy will speak at a cocktail event.
“Levy represents a novelist that has made it big in both France and the United States,” said Cluzet-Bertot. “His work represents just how widespread the influence of both nations can be when working together.”
The conclusion of French Week will be at Daniel Boulud’s db Bistro Moderne, with the Miami Tower lit in the colors of the French flag – red, white, and blue.
“We like to say French Week is where French business and culture meets, but it is more than that,” said McKay. “It is where French business and culture unites with South Florida to show the importance of being interconnected.”
If you go:
Luncheon with the Ambassador of France to United States
Noon-2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, Atrio at the Conrad Hotel Miami, 1395 Brickell Ave.
FACC Members: $50
Non-members: $60
French Film Series at Florida International University
Graham Center at the Maidique Campus, 11200 SW Eighth St.
1:30-2 p.m., Nov.7
12-2 p.m., Nov.8
12-1 p.m., Nov. 14
2 nd French Week Miami Golf Cup
12p.m. Nov.18, Abacoa Golf Club, 105 Barbados Dr.
Entry fee: $120 per player
Guest fee for cocktail: $40 per person
Cocktail with French novelist Marc Levy
6-9 p.m., Nov. 16-18, Nikki Beach, 1 Ocean Dr.
FACC Members: $20
Non-members: $30
French Week Closing Cocktail
6-9 p.m., Nov.29, db Bistro Moderne, 255 Biscayne Blvd Way
FACC Members: $30
Non-members: $40
Jolt Radio, a local online radio station, is throwing a Dia de los Muertos celebration featuring local bands at Churchill’s on Friday.
French Week Miami is a month-long event that showcases French culture and its prevalence in South Florida, including French films, discussions and deals at restaurants and boulangeries.
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