residence le prorel

In the heart of the village, Julien Momon and his partner welcome you into a pared-down, wood-rich interior whose modern culinary score is founded on local, seasonal produce. To start, creamy aubergines paired with crunchy courgettes, fresh goat’s cheese from La Grave, basil pesto and red pepper sorbet, followed by 12-hour confit of pork belly in rosemary with velvety mashed potato and iced vegetables. The food is fresh, fragrant, vibrant and polished in a culinary ode to the cornucopia of country produce, courtesy of the virtuoso technique of a chef who boasts stints with Christophe Bacquié a

This restaurant on the banks of the Guisane is run by a French-Australian couple with a passion for food: Sharon rustles up delicate and creative seasonal cuisine, and Jimmy takes care of diners and the wine. Langoustine, blue lobster, pigeon royal and turbot are carefully prepared, and Mediterranean flavours can be detected in the beef tartare with confit tomatoes, lovage mayonnaise and tomato sorbet, or in the courgette flower tempura stuffed with sheep's yoghurt and piquillo pepper sauce. Friendly and attentive service.

In the upper reaches of a hamlet, the vaulted dining room of this converted sheepfold, which has retained its original mangers and hooks for smoking meat, oozes authenticity and style. Chef Fabien Ferdinand crafts a set menu with several courses that mixes local produce, such as rainbow trout from Châteauroux-les-Alpes, organic saffron from Saint Crépin and locally picked herbs and flowers, with top-drawer ingredients from further afield including lobster, wild turbot and Bourbonnais poultry. The result is colourful, aromatic and mouth-watering: scrambled eggs with a cow parsnip emulsion; lang