Boucherie Desnoyer
Hugo Desnoyer is the most sought-after butcher in Paris. He supplies a host of the city's top restaurants, as well as the Élysée Palace, offical residence of the French President.
What makes Desnoyer special is his exceptional eye for quality when selecting his raw materials.
Customers include Pierre Gagnaire, Alan Passard, and Benoît Pacaud, all three-star chefs. The restaurants supplied by Desnoyer have a total of twenty Michelin stars between them.
But you don't have to spend hundreds of pounds and sit in a grand dining room to taste Desnoyer meat. He also supplies a handful of carefully selected bistros and brasseries across Paris, among them Racines.
And if you want to try your hand at cooking with it yourself, Desnoyer sells his meat to the public directly from his shop in the fourteenth arrondisement.
25 Rue Mouton-Duvernet, Paris 75014, tel. +33.1.45.40.76.67