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frontcooking

French translation: cuisine ouverte

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English term or phrase:frontcooking
French translation:cuisine ouverte

06:27 Mar 31, 2017
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English to French translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / cuisine de restaurant
English term or phrase: frontcooking
Je cherche une expression française pour ce "concept" qui consiste à cuisiner devant les convives (restaurants japonais, mais aussi dans certaines cantines, etc.). Merci!
Chiffon
Local time: 07:18
cuisine ouverte
Explanation:

Ou "open kitchen" mais j'ai l'impression que le mot "ouvert" est assez souvent utilisé

http://www.pourcel-chefs-blog.com/blog1/2012/10/09/les-tres-...

Depuis moins de dix ans, une tendance venue des Etats-Unis s’est installée aussi en Europe, les « open kitchen », comme on les nomme un peu partout, – les cuisines ouvertes – ont gagné la tendance, celle qui veut que tout restaurant branché ait sa cuisine ouverte vers le client.

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https://www.tripadvisor.fr/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g295424-d...

https://www.tripadvisor.fr/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g187100-d...

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Thierry Renon
France
Local time: 07:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Cuisson devant le convive
HERBET Abel
3 +2cuisine ouverte
Thierry Renon
3 +1le frontcooking
Hélène OShea
3 -1showcooking
Tony M
3 -1cuisine spectacle
ArianeMarchand
2 -1cuisine en façade
Paolo Dagonnier


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
showcooking


Explanation:
Even though it's not 'French', this expression is already widely accepted in France for pretty much the same thing; I think you'll find it hard to find a purely FR term to replace them. Not least because of the exoticism and sexiness of foreign words in the faddish world of gastronomie!

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Sadly, none of the French chefs I know have anything to suggest; since the concept is an entirely anglo-saxon one, I doubt Escoffier or les Immortels foresaw this when they were defining the language of cooking!

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 126
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much - but I'm determined to find a French equivalent :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  HERBET Abel: Un autre anglicisme ?
9 hrs
  -> Yes, but as several of us have tried to point out to Asker, no precise equivalent FR term exists, as there is a lot of 'value' in using an EN term, in just the sam way as FR terms have a great deal more 'cachet' when used in EN
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
cuisine en façade


Explanation:
C'est la seule alternative que j'ai trouvée à "frontcooking" - le terme anglais est effectivement largement employé en français.

Paolo Dagonnier
Belgium
Local time: 07:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: This term, an obviously too-literal calque of the EN term, seems to me neither accurate nor to convey the right image to a FR mind.
15 mins
disagree  HERBET Abel: Devant la rue ?
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Cuisson devant le convive


Explanation:
Proposé

HERBET Abel
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hélène OShea: Oui j'ai trouvé cuisine devant le convive sur certains sites. En revanche, cuisine devant le convive pas cuisson qui ne rend pas l'idée complète
16 mins
  -> Merci
agree  Tony M
17 mins
  -> Merci
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
le frontcooking


Explanation:

Je n'ai trouvé que fes sites qui qui conservent frontcooking et aucune traduction . Cuisine ouverte semble un pâle équivalent

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Restaurant en/avec cuisine ouverte? J ai trouvé cuisine en façade mais je crois que ça se rapporte su matériel plutôt

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http://www.metropole.com/fr/restaurant-joel-robuchon.php
Ici on parle de cuisine ouverte étalée devant le convive mais en rajoutant le terme japonais Teppanyakki

Hélène OShea
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: C'est désolant ! Mais je n'abandonne pas tout espoir. Cherchons encore ! (merci quand même d'avoir répondu :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes... and it's not really the same as 'cuisine ouverte' — in our restaurant, we used to do 'frontcooking', but it was actually in the restaurant itself — there was an entirely separate kitchen as well.
39 mins
  -> On pourrait peut être mettre concept de cuisine ouverte devant le convive
agree  Chopkins
1 hr
disagree  HERBET Abel: Pas l'idée
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
cuisine spectacle


Explanation:
Suggestion

ArianeMarchand
Canada
Local time: 07:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Sadly, I think that better translates 'showcooking' — the element of 'spectacle' is less present in "mere" 'frontcooking'!
1 min
disagree  HERBET Abel: Pas l'idée
7 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cuisine ouverte


Explanation:

Ou "open kitchen" mais j'ai l'impression que le mot "ouvert" est assez souvent utilisé

http://www.pourcel-chefs-blog.com/blog1/2012/10/09/les-tres-...

Depuis moins de dix ans, une tendance venue des Etats-Unis s’est installée aussi en Europe, les « open kitchen », comme on les nomme un peu partout, – les cuisines ouvertes – ont gagné la tendance, celle qui veut que tout restaurant branché ait sa cuisine ouverte vers le client.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2017-03-31 09:39:30 GMT)
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https://www.tripadvisor.fr/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g295424-d...

https://www.tripadvisor.fr/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g187100-d...

D'autres liens (cette fois côté critiques de clients)

Thierry Renon
France
Local time: 07:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  C. MASKA
2 hrs
  -> Merci Corinne !
neutral  Tony M: Yes, but that's not actually quite the same thing: there is still a nuance of a barrier between the dining room and the kitchen, which is almost totally removed in frontcooking. In cantines, it's not 'showcooking', but 'front...' — 'cuisine minute'
5 hrs
  -> Agree, it might be more of a "show" as you point out, but in cantines (as Chiffon suggests), they wouldn't really show-off their cooking skills? Anyway, it's always difficult to be sure without the full context!
neutral  HERBET Abel: Pas assez dans l'idée
6 hrs
agree  Fanny Villuendas: Oui! J'ai moi-même travaillé dans une "cuisine ouverte" :-)
1 day 11 hrs
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