"For only one week, this precious potato is dug up by hand"
La Bonnotte Noirmoutier available exclusively at Rungis



For one week, 2500 people from Noirmoutier use all their might to harvest this precious La Bonnotte potato by hand. The potato is picked in the first week of May and is followed by the harvest festival. La Bonnotte is a very exclusive delicacy which chefs worldwide wait every year in anticipation, to get this potato in their kitchens. The salty, nutty and light potato gets its taste from the light sandy soil and the influences of sea water and algea give La Bonnotte the taste of the sea naturally.




Gert Jan Zonneveld Piek and head chef Jos de Groot

Last week Gert Jan Zonneveld Piek finally managed to close a deal in Noirmoutier for 500kg of La Bonnotte. His commitment and love of his profession has finally paid off. On Wednesday 6th of may La Bonnotte will arrive at Rungis b.v. in Ridderkerk, Holland. The harvest of La Bonnotte runs from 1-5th May. The yield of this exclusive potato is expected to be 20,000 kg.



For more information:
Rungis
Handelsweg 86-88
2988 DB Ridderkerk
The Netherlands
Tel: +31(0)180-617899
Fax: +31(0)180-619873
www.rungis.nl

Publication date: 5/6/2009
Author: Nichola Watson
Copyright: www.freshplaza.com

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