Élisabeth Hildebert de Rozières, known as Babette de Rozières (born 27 May 1947) is a famous French chef, television presenter and politician.

Early life

She was born in

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. She comes from a family of traders, including a grandfather who was a butcher. She is married to Claude Butin, who is a

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Television career

Babette de Rozières began her audiovisual career by becoming a scriptwriter for the programs of Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier, a presenter in Guadeloupe, and a production assistant at the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française. Following the dismantling of ORTF, she turned to a

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career and opened her first restaurant, consisting of a bar and two tables in 1978, not far from the Folies Bergère. She then opened the ''Plage des Palmiers'' in Saint-Tropez, where she only stayed for less than a year, then ''Le Jardin des gourmets'' and ''Le Jardinet'' in Gosier, ''Le Clos d'Arbaud'' and ''La Petite Rhumerie'' in Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. Babette de Rozières sold her four Guadeloupean restaurants to open ''La Villa créole'' in Paris as well as ''La Table de Babette'' in 1993 in Poissy in Yvelines, which she sold in 2005 following a fire. From 1987 to 1990, she was one of the guests on the weekly culinary show ''When it's good?... There's no better!'', broadcast on FR3 and hosted by François Roboth. Then she hosted culinary shows including ''Les P'tits Secrets de Babette'' for France 3 in 1990, columns with Sophie Davant in the show ''C'est au program'' and ''Télématin'' on

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, ''C'est Meilleur le matin'' on France 3, and for three years ''La Cuisine de Babette'' on Gourmet TV, Joël Robuchon's channel. In 2005, she bought ''Le Jamin'', a restaurant created by

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, then sold it in 2009. She opened a restaurant in

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under the same name as the one in

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and plans to franchise ''La Table de Babette'' in

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and

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. In 2011, she opened the restaurant ''La case de Babette'' in Maule (

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, Claude Butin and Éleonore Tchenko. The hosts "put their feet in it" about a meat or vegetable: by describing its origin, production and food uses as well as its nutritional and cosmetic benefits, if not clothing benefits. Babette de Rozières finally offers a recipe made in pseudo-live. On April 27, 2023, she published her essay ''The Hidden Face of Politics in Île-de-France.''

Political career

She was elected to the regional council of

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. She contested Paris's 17th constituency at the

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but came in sixth place in the first round. She is a part of the presidential campaign of

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for the

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. She also supported her campaign for President of the Regional Council of

. She was a candidate in the

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in Yvelines's 7th constituency for the

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-Les Republicans ( UXD).

Electoral record

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External links

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References

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