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A stone’s throw from the bustling Avenue des Champs-Elysées at 19, rue Vernet, the Château des Fleurs is a new address in a decor designed by Quintana Partners as a tribute to the Belle Epoque and Art Nouveau. It takes the name of a wonderful garden once located in the district, an emblematic place of Parisian nights in the 19th century. The house has thirty-seven rooms, a bar, a restaurant with Chef Oma and a spa by Omnisens, designed as places to live for travelers passing through the capital but also Parisians looking for a haven of peace on time for a drink or a meal.

On April 25, we celebrated the reopening of the most famous Seafood barge in the West of Paris, Polpo, following renovation work carried out by Talissa Bachelot and Alice Calemard of Studio Adjamée. The new version of our floating restaurant is the safe alternative to the beaches of the South of France thanks to its Mediterranean-style decoration and its colorful beach. A great novelty has been added to this mythical beach of Levallois-Perret: a marina and its electric boats signed Marin d’Eau Douce, to go for a ride on the Seine. As for the cuisine, it is sharing and gluttony that are honored by Chef Yann Lesueur and his teams: tacos, nachos, lobster and oysters are to be found against a background of lapping of the Parisian river.

Opening of the 12th restaurant and flagship of the Volfoni brand on the Champs-Elysées. This new restaurant will take you back to 1950s Italy for a meal. Vases and colored ceramics, copper pizza oven, bottles of wine and Italian spirits, green terrace… all the elements come together to create an authentic and warm atmosphere. You can find the essentials of Italian cuisine: homemade pizzas, pasta, antipasti, panna cotta, tiramisu…

After a first tea salon opened on 6th Avenue in New York in November 2020, Angelina continues its expansion on the American continent with the opening of a new address on Lexington Avenue, in New York. This boutique, inaugurated on April 5, welcomes you to the Upper East side, the most chic district of New York. You will find our pastries, our delicatessen products as well as a selection of sandwiches and salads to take away.

Opening of the brand’s 183rd pub on April 6, south of Amiens near one of the largest shopping centers in the region.

This is the brand’s third establishment managed by the brothers Guillaume and Laurent Dovilet, already franchisees of Au Bureau Amiens downtown and Compiègne.

For this opening, 25 jobs have been created to welcome customers in this new pub-brasserie Au Bureau with its friendly and authentic atmosphere.

It was in Carcassonne that the Au Bureau brand had its 180th opening. An establishment located in the heights of the old town, offering a magnificent view to its customers. At its head, Stéphane De Sousa, Pierre Zanuy and Benoît Cabello, three friends and partners who have been part of the Au Bureau adventure since 2019 with an opening in Cabestany then the resumption of Narbonne in 2022.

Léon arrives for the 2nd time in Orléans with the opening on March 8 of the Fish Brasserie d’Olivet after the opening of Saran last November. Congratulations on this double hit to our franchise partner David Malheiro! David is already a franchisee of several restaurants under the Groupe Bertrand and is already working on several future projects.

Today our 72nd STEAKHOUSE A LA FRANCAISE reopens its doors in Marseille La Valentine. Located in one of the most beautiful cinema complexes in Marseille, this new Hippopotamus promises to seduce all lovers of good meat, sublimated by cooking over embers, and will undoubtedly seduce a new clientele. A beautiful renovation!

It is in the heart of downtown Lyon, rue Mercière, a tourist and institutional hotspot for Lyonnais cuisine, that LÉON opened the 1st Fish Brasserie of the year 2023 and 28th on the counter on February 22! An ideal location, with an amazing team, led by director Anthony Forey for a 100% sea experience.

In a cozy and warm atmosphere, join the typical world of English pubs in the heart of Disney Village. Sit quietly and enjoy a selection of beers, cocktails and refreshing drinks that will satisfy all the desires of the family. You will enjoy traditional British cuisine without forgetting the emblematic burgers, club sandwiches or delicious salads. A la carte you will also find a Happy Hour offer, a children’s menu as well as vegetarian options, everything is there to spend time out of time. Whether it’s to eat or have a drink, it’s the ideal place for a getaway at any time of the day !

Impossible to miss it, everyone talks about it around the coffee machine, reusable tableware is being rolled out in our restaurants.

So yes, we do tons with our new dishes, but above all tons less.

Reusable, it will prevent an average of 1.9 tonnes of waste per year and per restaurant. Not bad is not it ?

Our 71st STEAKHOUSE A LA FRANCAISE opens its doors in Lescar in the urban area of ​​Pau, at the foot of the Pyrenees. This is the first Hippopotamus in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and we are proud to introduce our brand to this region of meat lovers !

Groupe Bertrand has taken over the leading Street Food Thai brand in France, Pitaya. Created in 2010, Pitaya offers tasty dishes cooked in a wok and prepared on the spot from a kitchen open to the dining room. At Pitaya, everything is done to immerse the customer in Bangkok, in a friendly atmosphere. With more than 160 restaurants, Pitaya plans to open new restaurants in 2023, both in France and internationally.

Our 68th restaurant has reopened its doors as a STEAKHOUSE A LA FRANCAISE in Les Halles! A warm and authentic decor, in the heart of Paris. A gourmet and generous menu as well as a very fine selection of pieces of beef, enhanced by our authentic know-how and the unique taste of our charcoal cooking!

After a first restaurant opened in Jeddah in 2018, Maison Angelina is continuing its international development with the opening of a new establishment in the outdoor dining center Bujairi Terrace in Riyadh. Inaugurated on December 4, this tea room is located in the heart of ancient ruins with a view that extends to At-Turaif, symbol of the long history of Saudi Arabia and belonging to the world heritage of UNESCO.

LÉON arrives in the DOM TOM with his 1st Fish Brasserie in LA REUNION Saint-Gilles Les Bains.
Congratulations to our franchise partners Fabrice NOEL and Patrick AH-SING for their very first Fish Brasserie, the 26th on the counter and not the least!
Fabrice has already been a franchisee of the group since 2019 with a brasserie pub Au Bureau also located in sunny Reunion (Le Port).

itsu, a British brand developed in France by Groupe Bertrand, has opened its first French branch in Paris, in the 8th arrondissement. This first address has 50 seats and a terrace.

Asian-inspired, the offer of this new Parisian point of sale has everything to please, with around forty hot and cold dishes on the menu. From sushi, to steamed gyozas, to teriyaki chicken and vegetables, to freshly prepared salads, to rice bowls, to baos or even miso soup, everything is carefully prepared on site, in the restaurant’s kitchens. Big or small hunger, gourmet and vegetarian pleasures, itsu treats with respect for a balanced diet and committed to anti-waste.

Hippopotamus Martinique La Galleria reopens its doors, all beautiful, all beef, in the 66th STEAKHOUSE A LA FRANCAISE!

A magnificent achievement 8000 km from our bases!

On the beautiful island of Martinique, in the La Galleria shopping center in Le Lamentin, it is in a new setting, with a new gourmet and generous menu and a very fine selection of pieces of beef that your Hippopotamus reopens its doors in Steakhouse at the French.

What an ideal place to enjoy a beautiful piece of beef cooked over the embers! 🥩🔥

Léon opens his 21st FISH BRASSERIE in Besançon in the Chateaufarine commercial area.

Our partners Cyril Sautrot & Christophe Martet, already franchisees of other Groupe Bertrand brands, took over the LÉON Fish Brasserie in Besançon in July 2022 and now operate the restaurant after transformation to the new concept.

Opening of the 20th Fish Brasserie Léon, a great start for this brand new restaurant located in the new leisure center of Dreux.

The team will be headed by Yann NOUCHY, a former entrepreneur converted to catering, who is thus opening his first franchise.

By signing its agreement with Agefiph intended to promote and accelerate the employment of people with disabilities – a first for the fast food industry – Burger King® France is committed to employing, by 2024, 4.5% of people with disabilities in all the restaurants directly operated by Burger King® France as well as raising awareness and training all of its 22,000 employees under the brand in the employment of people with disabilities.

Hippopotamus Villeneuve d’Ascq reopened its doors on August 31th, 2022 as a new concept of “French Steakhouse”. Cédric Chiron and his wife Vanessa have been franchisees of the establishment since 2009, after working in the luxury hotel industry and opening their own restaurants in Pays de Loire.

They are now taking the gamble of reaching and seducing a new clientele, with this new concept and this selection of meats enhanced by the new method of cooking over embers. In the dining room, a brand new cozy decor

LÉON has opened its 19th Fish Brasserie (bringing its network to 84 restaurants) in the Mâcon Nord commercial area.

It’s Julien VERNA, a former employee of the Group who is opening his first franchise with this LÉON, and who loves challenges since he will be opening an Au Bureau right next door very soon!

Groupe Bertrand Restauration has taken over the prestigious Parisian retailer, Maison Plisson. Founded in 2014 by Delphine Plisson in the 3^rd arrondissement of Paris, Maison Plisson offers more than 4,000 gourmet food products that showcase the best of French terroirs and artisanal expertise. In addition to the market-catering section, a restaurant with approximately sixty seats offers the opportunity to discover these fine products. A 2^nd establishment, Petit Plisson, is located in the Jardin des Tuileries and has a 240-seat patio.

This is the weight reduction of our waste from our food  and kids’ meal boxes since we replaced the boxes with recyclable paper bags that are half the weight. That’s a big deal.

Itsu currently operates 75 restaurants in England.
Its promise: “Eat beautiful”. Its menu offers “healthy” versions of Asian-inspired dishes. The 1st point of sale is expected to take place in France before the end of 2022.

Au Bureau has opened its 169th Pub Brasserie.

It is with a new franchisee, Gery Chaudy, formerly an executive in fast food and bakery chains, that this new pub was created in the commercial zone of Coudoulet in Orange.

On March 10th, more than 20 local jobs were created and a new English-style living space is now open to offer food and entertainment to the locals!

With even more seafood, more sexy, more upscale, and still bearing the Ecotable label, Le Petit Toit opens its doors. Discover this rooftop terrace at Petit Victor Hugo in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

The new Hippopotamus establishment in Créteil opened its doors on May 18, 2022 in the Créteil Soleil shopping center in the heart of the restaurant district, based on the French-style steakhouse concept: new décor and a new style of cooking. This restaurant of the iconic chain promises to seduce all lovers of good meat sublimated by the new charcoal grilling method.

With 140 seats inside and an 86-seat outdoor patio, the newly-renovated Hippopotamus Créteil

Soleil is the ideal place to come for lunch or dinner with family, friends or colleagues.

BURGER KING® is not hiring, BURGER KING® is getting hired; and it proclaims this in its cover letter. Purpose: to attract individuals to join the BURGER KING® adventure: no need for a CV or 10 years of experience, the focus is on the individual personality of future employees. With or without diplomas, young workers or those who have changed careers, there is a place for everyone. The important thing is not the starting point but the trajectory! And at BURGER KING®, the career opportunities are as dynamic as the growth of the network of restaurants.

On April 5th, Volfoni opened its doors in Montpellier, in the Antigone area, its 1st restaurant in the south of France.
This 9th establishment of the brand, with our multi-franchisee Alexandre Zielinski, features 140 indoor seats and a superb 80-seat outdoor patio, facing the Lez river and the Hôtel de Région.

Since the beginning of April, the two Parisian restaurants of Groupe Bertrand Restauration, the PVH and the Brasserie la Lorraine, have been purchasing a portion of their vegetables locally from the Domaine de Nonville.

LÉON Fish Brasserie JETTE L’ANCRE À BOURGES (18)

Gian Marco AMENDOLA launches the 15 th LÉON Fish Brasserie in BOURGES (and the 9th opening since the beginning of 2022)

Gian Marco is already our franchise partner in the Au Bureau de Bourges and will soon open other Group brands in the city!

The only château-hotel in Paris has just undergone a total renovation under the leadership of Laura Gonzalez. Shielded from view in its enclosed garden redesigned by Xavier de Chirac, the Saint James Paris has been envisioned as a private home, soft and luminous, where the art of living à la Parisienne is cultivated. It has 50 rooms and suites designed like the apartments of a private collector. Next to the bar-library, perfect for private conversations, is Bellefeuille, the starred restaurant, decorated like a winter garden, where Chef Julien Dumas prepares responsible cuisine inspired by nature. Under the majestic pergola installed in the gardens, an outdoor bar and patio have been created. The Guerlain spa now has three treatment rooms and a wellness area including a 15-meter natural daylight pool.

During the day, access to the Saint James Paris is reserved for hotel residents and members of the Saint James Club. Starting at 7:00 pm, the library-bar, the Bellefeuille restaurant and the outdoor patio are open to the public. It is also possible to schedule a treatment at the Guerlain spa without being a member.