Frelons Fabulous France is the culmination of 18 years of restoring derelict properties in the Loire and Burgundy Regions of France thanks to Yannick's amazing talents as a builder and electrician and I, well I had a vision a drive to succeed and a longing to share the secrets of this amazing country with others.
Yannick has spent every waking hour over the last 18 years mastering the skills of all the main trades to create beautifully crafted homes that have been successfully sold or rented. No problem has been too much for him to solve or redesign and his expertise is always on hand to make the guests feel safe and secure in their surroundings.
As well as being all of the above he is also a Pilot on Luxury Hotel Barges that cruise up and down the Burgundy Canals through to Champagne and on to the Alsace. He also drives the Tour Buses that collect the mainly American clients from the chic Parisian Hotels, delivering them to their Barges where they are then taken cruising through the spectacular scenery of the waterways of France.
Since before I can remember I dreamt of creating beautiful homes and invitng others to enjoy them and to share my love of France. Having spent my childhood years on holidays in the South, taking in the taste, smell and colours of all the produce in the markets, (but to young to enjoy the wine!), it influenced my decision to leave England when I was just 22 and set out on an adventure that I would not come back from. Meeting up and marrying Yannick whom I met in a local village not a thousand miles away from, 'Le Four a Pain,' we began our first building project.
Building and restoring, 'Le Four a Pain,' whetted our appetites for repeating similar projects in different areas of France, and finally come to rest in Burgundy where I had been working as a successful Chef for the American/French Barging Company.
Together, we found, 'La Ferme de la Lochere,' where we could finally have our own home and bring up our now expanding family and also run the new business of Specialised Gastronomic Vacations, private Gites, Bed & Breakfast & Wedding Planner.
I still commute from the local train station on the TGV to Lille and then Lille to London on Eurostar regularly as I have a very successful company as a chef for private clients in their homes, arranging Weddings, making Stunning Special Occasion Cakes and Travelling around the country to Fairs with original cake designs. It's been such a success that I have been included in the BBC Good Food magazine, provided Special Occasion Recipes in the newspapers, and was paramount in setting up the ready made farm meals for her local farm shop, 'Foxbury Farms,' who have since gone on to win many awards and have been featured in Country Living and after a successful screen test with the TV Cookery Channel, you never know - watch this space!!