In 1923 Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche opened an ultra-refined gourmet food emporium on its ground floor. Today the store is located in an adjacent building at the corner of the historic location on rue de Sèvres. A must address for fine foods lovers in the French capital spanning 2,900 square meters of floorspace, La Grande Épicerie de Paris offers some 30,000 items, many of them available exclusively at the store or made on site. Every day, pastry chefs, cooks, bakers and apprentices work under the guidance of Jean-Jacques Massé, holder of the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman of France). Each member of the team strives to achieve excellence and create the most unexpected recipes while maintaining a respect for tradition. As for the House’s ‘product experts’, these walking encyclopedias of good taste constantly travel the length and breadth of the globe in order to bring back unique discoveries from their travels. After 18 months of building work and the creation of the wine cellar in the shop’s basement, the ‘Le Balthazar’ wine bar and the ‘La Table’ restaurant, directly connected to the Bon Marché’s Menswear department, the new Grande Épicerie is more dedicated than ever to being an unmissable destination for all food lovers.