{"id":17137,"date":"2019-04-22T22:49:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=17137"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:07:10","slug":"the-national-animal-of-france-the-rooster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/the-national-animal-of-france-the-rooster\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Animal of France: The Rooster"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The National Animal of France: The Rooster<\/h1>\n<p>Cock-a-doodle-doo! What a lovely animal the rooster is, especially when it wakes you up at 4 am&#8230; Still, it is the national animal of France. So, let&#8217;s learn a bit more about it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A politic and patriotic emblem<\/strong><\/h2><div id=\"disco-4242714460\" class=\"disco-social-pug-2019 disco-entity-placement\"><p><div  class=\"dpsp-shortcode-wrapper dpsp-shape-rounded dpsp-size-medium dpsp-column-auto dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-6\"><ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-column-auto \" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none\">\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-facebook\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-national-animal-of-france-the-rooster%2F&#038;t=The%20National%20Animal%20of%20France%3A%20The%20Rooster\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-facebook dpsp-has-count dpsp-first dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path d=\"M17.12 0.224v4.704h-2.784q-1.536 0-2.080 0.64t-0.544 1.92v3.392h5.248l-0.704 5.28h-4.544v13.568h-5.472v-13.568h-4.544v-5.28h4.544v-3.904q0-3.328 1.856-5.152t4.96-1.824q2.624 0 4.064 0.224z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Share<\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-count\">9<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-pinterest\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<button rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-national-animal-of-france-the-rooster%2F&#038;media=&#038;description=The%20National%20Animal%20of%20France%3A%20The%20Rooster\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-pinterest dpsp-last dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Save to Pinterest\" title=\"Save to Pinterest\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 23 32\"><path d=\"M0 10.656q0-1.92 0.672-3.616t1.856-2.976 2.72-2.208 3.296-1.408 3.616-0.448q2.816 0 5.248 1.184t3.936 3.456 1.504 5.12q0 1.728-0.32 3.36t-1.088 3.168-1.792 2.656-2.56 1.856-3.392 0.672q-1.216 0-2.4-0.576t-1.728-1.568q-0.16 0.704-0.48 2.016t-0.448 1.696-0.352 1.28-0.48 1.248-0.544 1.12-0.832 1.408-1.12 1.536l-0.224 0.096-0.16-0.192q-0.288-2.816-0.288-3.36 0-1.632 0.384-3.68t1.184-5.152 0.928-3.616q-0.576-1.152-0.576-3.008 0-1.504 0.928-2.784t2.368-1.312q1.088 0 1.696 0.736t0.608 1.824q0 1.184-0.768 3.392t-0.8 3.36q0 1.12 0.8 1.856t1.952 0.736q0.992 0 1.824-0.448t1.408-1.216 0.992-1.696 0.672-1.952 0.352-1.984 0.128-1.792q0-3.072-1.952-4.8t-5.12-1.728q-3.552 0-5.952 2.304t-2.4 5.856q0 0.8 0.224 1.536t0.48 1.152 0.48 0.832 0.224 0.544q0 0.48-0.256 1.28t-0.672 0.8q-0.032 0-0.288-0.032-0.928-0.288-1.632-0.992t-1.088-1.696-0.576-1.92-0.192-1.92z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Pin<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rooster appeared early on during Antiquity on Gallic currency. It then became a symbol of Gaul randomly because of a pun. It stem from the similarity of the Latin words for coq (gallus) and inhabitant of Gaul (gallicus). This play on words was known in Roman times when many Gauls used roosters to symbolize their loyalty to Gaul.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17139\" style=\"width: 848px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/838_beaujeanasterixhistoire-1-1-1200x675-816x459.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ast\u00e9rix the Gaul &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franceculture.fr\/histoire\/cinq-cliches-sur-les-gaulois\">France Culture<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even though there were many attempts at the end of the Medieval period to turn the rooster into a symbol, it was only during the Renaissance that the animal started to symbolize the king and the kingdom. Under the reign of the Valois and the Bourbons, for example, kings were often portrayed on engravings or currencies with a rooster representing France.<\/p>\n<p>It was during the French Revolution that the animal became a representation of the country\u2019s identity. It was featured on coins wearing a Phrygian bonnet (another symbol of the French Republic) and on seals as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17141\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq14-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gallic rooster during the French revolution &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bernard-richard-histoire.com\/2014\/09\/24\/le-coq-gaulois-embleme-des-francais\/\">Bernard Richard<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Afterward, when Napoleon became Emperor, he did not only replace the Republic with an Empire but also swap the rooster for an eagle. He stated: \u00ab the rooster has no strength, he can\u2019t represent such an Empire as France \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>The image of the rooster was rehabilitated during the Second French&nbsp; Revolution that lasted three days, from the 26th to the 29th of July 1830. The Duke of Orleans, Louis-Philippe, &nbsp;even signed an order providing that the animal should appear on flags and uniform buttons of the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Third Republic, established in 1870, the wrought-iron gates of the Elys\u00e9e (the residence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/macron-new-french-president\/\">the president<\/a>) acquired a rooster. It is now called the \u00ab&nbsp;rooster gate&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17140\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20120506222627_le_coq_francais.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20120506222627_le_coq_francais.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20120506222627_le_coq_francais.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20120506222627_le_coq_francais-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20120506222627_le_coq_francais-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nonomnismoriar.eu\/index.php?showimage=190&amp;PHPSESSID=2942edae90f314e9591b3c2420de3ce7\">The rooster gate<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, with the first and second world war came the development of a very intense patriotic sentiment and the rooster became a symbol of France\u2019s resistance and bravery. The French resistance also used this symbol to remind themselves of the resilience of the French people, urging the French to resist occupation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17142\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17142\" class=\"wp-image-17142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1-816x1166.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster-bijoux-de-france-1.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriotic poster during the First World War &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bijouxregionaux.fr\/fr\/contenu.php?idcontenu=49\">Bijoux Regionaux<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nowadays, the Gallic Rooster unofficially symbolizes the country and its people. It remains in the collective imagination as the best illustration of France, particularly in the area of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/best-sport-events-in-paris\/\"> sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An emblem used by sports federations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_17143\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4d643.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4d643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4d643.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4d643-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FFF&#8217;s logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/La-federation-francaise-de-football-devoile-ses-nouveaux-logos\/925647\">L&#8217;\u00c9quipe<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you are a football lover, you may know already that there is a rooster on the logo of the French Federation of Football. However, in the past, not everyone wanted the animal to end up on sports shirts.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, a French man named Pierre de Courbetin, who participated between other things in the renovation of the Olympics, did not like the symbolism of the rooster. He used to say it was humiliating and ludicrous! France had to wait until 1909 for the rooster to appear on a national sport shirt and 1920 for it to become the emblem of the French Olympic selection. Now many are the French athletes to say that having the emblem of France on their shirt is an honor.<\/p>\n<h2>The Rooster in French Cinema<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_17144\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adrien_barrere13-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adrien_barrere13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adrien_barrere13-1.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adrien_barrere13-1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles and Emile Path\u00e9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Path%C3%A9\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rooster is the emblem of the French cinema society \u00ab Path\u00e9 Fr\u00e8res \u00bb. The logo was created in 1905 representing the Path\u00e9 brothers with a rooster named Charlie in reference to the founder of the society, Charles Path\u00e9. By the way, if you are in Â鶹APP and want to go to the cinema <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/10-best-cinemas-in-paris\/\">here<\/a> is a link to the 10 best cinemas in Â鶹APP!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rooster weathervanes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17145\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17145\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/310908_002_350-88x88.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rooster weathervane -Truffaut<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These ones are part of the popular image of rural France. They became common in the 9th century when Pope Nicholas I decreed that all churches in the Christendom should be topped by a rooster weathervane as a reminder of Peter\u2019s betrayal during the Passion of Christ. Always set on the highest point of towns and villages, this ornament was mainly used for showing the direction of the wind. This explains why from the Early Middle Ages until today a vast majority of French churches have had a weathervane at the top of their steeples.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Other facts about the rooster<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Fact number 1<\/h3>\n<p>It exists various French idiomatic expressions about roosters<\/p>\n<p>Vivre comme un coq en p\u00e2te = To be happy as a clam at high tide<\/p>\n<p>Le coq du village = The cock of the walk<\/p>\n<p>Passer du coq-\u00e0-l\u2019\u00e2ne = To skip from one subject to another<\/p>\n<p>\u00catre fier comme un coq = to be proud as a peacock&nbsp;.<\/p>\n<h3>Fact number 2<\/h3>\n<p>If the English onomatopoeia for the rooster crowing sound is \u00ab&nbsp;cock-a-doodle-doo&nbsp;\u00bb, French people on their side use \u00ab&nbsp;cocorico&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fact number 3&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>French brands also like the symbol of the rooster. For example, there is a brand called <em>Le coq sportif<\/em>, that translates into&nbsp;\u00ab the athletic rooster \u00bb, it produces sporting accessories and athletic shoes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17146\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-sportif.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17146\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-sportif.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-sportif.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-sportif-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brand&#8217;s logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalsport.fr\/2014\/11\/le-coq-sportif-continue-sa-reconquete-du-sport-de-haut-niveau\/\">Digital Sport<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Fact number 4<\/h3>\n<p>French people also like to cook the rooster&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17147\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-au-vin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17147\" class=\" wp-image-17147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-au-vin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-au-vin.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coq-au-vin-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A coq au vin &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicesdannie.com\/blog\/delices-dannie-coq-au-vin-et-domaine-de-lascamp-lhistoire-sinvite-a-votre-table\/\">D\u00e9lices d&#8217;Annie<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A coq au vin is an emblematic French cooking recipe. It is a stew in which the chicken is braised slowly in red wine with bacon strips, mushrooms, and onions. There is a myth surrounding the creation of this dish. Indeed, it is said that many years ago the leader of the Arvernes\u2019 tribe called Vercing\u00e9torix would have sent a Gallic rooster to Julius Caesar. Symbol of aggressivity, combativeness, bravery and pride, the animal was sent by the Gallic soldiers to taunt the Roman emperor. To which he responded by inviting Vercing\u00e9torix for dinner and served him the rooster stewed in red wine\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Fact number 5<\/h3>\n<p>There is a Â鶹APPien restaurant&nbsp; named The Rooster<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17149\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rooster-en-cuisine-aec5f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17149\" class=\"wp-image-17149 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rooster-en-cuisine-aec5f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rooster-en-cuisine-aec5f.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rooster-en-cuisine-aec5f-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chef, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Duca &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafourchette.com\/restaurant\/rooster\/429511\">La Fourchette<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Located in the Batignolles area, The Rooster just opened in January.&nbsp; Its chef, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Duca, said the restaurant was a combination of his different culinary experiences. He was born in Marseilles, a city from the south of France. Then, he has worked in Â鶹APP with many famous chefs like Hellen Darroze.&nbsp; Finally, he spent four years in NewYork before coming back to Â鶹APP and opening his own restaurant. Be prepared to taste the many Mediterranean savors of the menu like the lamb and artichoke dish or the squid with chorizo, fennel, and lemon.<\/p>\n<p>137 Rue Cardinet, 75017 Â鶹APP &#8211; Tel: 01 45 79 91 48<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"disco-2604095524\" class=\"disco-amazon-box-2024 disco-entity-placement\"><div style=\"width: 100%; border: 2px solid lightgray; padding: 3% 6% 3% 3%; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Planning a trip to Â鶹APP ? 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