Joël Dupuch is a French

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, restaurateur, author and actor.

Biography

He is a sixth-generation oyster farmer from the

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Portrait de Joël Dupuch
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'', December 27, 2012Joël Dupuch, des huîtres aux « Petits mouchoirs »
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'', November 01, 2010 He started working in 1973. He has been called "the most famous oyster farmer" in France.Joël Dupuch, le plus célèbre des ostréiculteurs surfe "Sur la vague du bonheur"
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'', June 08, 2012 He owns Joël D., a restaurant in

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which specializes in salmon,

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and oysters. Since 2006, he has acted in three feature films.AlloCine
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Filmography

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'' (dir. Christian Duguay, 2013).

Bibliography

*''Sur la vague du bonheur'' (Paris: Editions Michel Lafon, 2012)

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) French restaurateurs 21st-century French male actors Oysters {{food-bio-stub