A Visit to Rungis, The World's Biggest Food Market

fx

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:01:39 GMT

Good tip thanks

fx

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:01:11 GMT

Thank Heather glad you liked the article!

Heather

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:56:08 GMT

Really enjoyed this article about Rungis - I"m a chef and would really love to visit one day!! Agree the meat market may not be for the faint-hearted but if we respect the animal by cooking it well who are we to say whether it"s right or wrong. Will try and find your piece on Tokyo now!

fx

Sat, 5 Mar 2016 20:29:58 GMT

Indeed

Florian Bl�mm

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 18:18:24 GMT

Rungis is huge, but Central de Abaston in Mexico City is bigger.

Danielle

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:03:25 GMT

The slaughterhouse for a metropolis! I think it used to be right in the center of Paris where Les Halles is now. There are also many smaller markets where you can buy fresh meat and cheese and vegetables right in the city everyday.

laura

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:35:07 GMT

Hola! despues de tu buena experiencia en el mercado de rungis, te queria preguntar si es interesante para mi que tengo floristeria, y me gustaria comprar complementos .Vale la pena ir? o solo es interesante para gourmets!!
( Hay una zona de regalos o complementos de floristeria) c�mo llegar, identificaci�n etc )
Muchas gracias!! espero tu opini�n

Laura

COOPPINDESTE

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:19:26 GMT

I still impressed of all kindness and organization, i us there last may, Rungis is spectacular, fruit vegetable every thins us wanderfull, hope to be there very sun againt

CESAR A. RODRIGUEZ CORONADO

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:42:19 GMT

Primnero que todo quiero darle la gracias por toda y muy buena informacion en espa�ol, Nosotros somos una Cia. que estamos en Panama Rep. de Panama nos gustaria saber si podiamos hacer un contacto con alquien que este dentro de Rungis o que tenga acceso a ellos para venderles desde Panama cualquier Producto (con los requisitos que se requieran) adicional nosotros sabemos que Rungis envio unas semillas para Surinam para que la siembren alli y ellos compran todos los productos NOS GUSTARIA VER SI PODEMOS HACER LO MISMO PERO AQUI EN PANAMA Ya que tenemos tierras para sembrar con los requisitos que se requiera.
Desde Panama podemos hacer todos lo envios que Rungis requiera.

Nuevamente los felicitos por toda las explicaciones y esta bien llevado su articulo

Tina

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:17:16 GMT

Thank you for your article. I will be going to Paris in early October, and as a chef instructor in the U.S. I am anxious to see as much of Rungis as I can. I have also been in contact with Philippe regarding the tour. Do you recommend his services? I am a little hesitant about booking things on-line sight unseen.

Noel Kearney

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:59:34 GMT

Visited Paris last week but could not find any way to get to Rungis. Your article was a great way to see what it was all about. Excellent photographs.

Mexico Cooks

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:56:33 GMT

I am wildly impressed with your article. I arrived at your page courtesy of a Google search for the elusive oca tuber (it"s obviously a quite round-about way to get to Paris) but, boy, am I glad I did. I hope you will enjoy Mexico Cooks!, where you will see also see photos of pig heads and various entrails for sale in the markets.

Andrew

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:24:27 GMT

I think if you"d checked in the seafood section you"d have found that much of the seafood would have come from Scottish ports. Truckloads of fresh produce get sent from Scottish ports to France and Spain.
Nice report, does look like a great place to visit.

ELI

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:29:49 GMT

yo quiero ir a rungis,soy vendedora de fruta, es muy dificil registrarse? puede hacerlo en em mismo momento all�?
hay mucha dificultad para llegar desde el centro de paris al mercado? hay alg�n transporte publico?

Marisa

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:07:46 GMT

Me parecio muy bueno el articulo Hace muchos a�os que con mi marido queremos ir a Rungis.asique despues de leer su articulo pienso que puedo hacerlo.M Bardet habla espa�ol? Yo no estare un 2� viernes de mes, sera facil hacerlo otro dia?
Le agradeceria me ayude a elegir Gracias por sus consejos.
Lo saludo Marisa Barbosa

fx

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:36:42 GMT

I think you can buy whatever you want and pay cash.

fx

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:24:02 GMT

Maurice, I hope you"ll be able to make this visit at Rungis!

Maurice Snow

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:35:08 GMT

Coming to France in 2012, will definately drop in to take a better look.
To all the vegetarians,
If God did not want us to eat animals ,
he would not have made them out of meat !

mukul

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:50:13 GMT

Its really a great eye opener.. i will try to visit rungis in October. I wanted to know more about being a buyer.. i mean through a registration process. the Links lead to pages which do not give this info.. Help if you can, otherwise i will go to paris and find out more..

judith hamery

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:29:00 GMT

Speaking as a photographer and not a gourmet, I would like to thank you for saving me a visit to Rungis, where I had been dreaming of going for the past year or two. It is far too antiseptic and hygienic for my photographic taste. For incredible photos, I recommend you visist a "wet market" next time you are in asia, or any outdoor market in Burma/Myanmar, for instance. If i had gotten up at such an ungodly hour to see those seas of cartons, I would have kicked myself, especially as I am allergic to oysters. Your photos are excellent, however, as you found all the interesting bits, and I enjoyed looking at them.

Leigh Doy

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:32 GMT

I found your artical on Rungis very interesting and would like ti know if you could help me. I am a supplier of cheeses in the UK and would like to visit Rungis cheese market on a monthly basis to buy cheeses wholesale. Can you advise on how I sould go about this please. I did try your link for an official buyers pass but it did not work.

Kind Regards
Leigh Doy
Tel 44 (0) 1787473647

fx

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:09:22 GMT

Bonjour Philippe, je suis tr�s heureux d"entendre que mon petit article vous a bien r�ussi! J"ai ajout� votre adresse email dans le corps de l"article. En effet, Tsukiji est l"un des rares march�s qui puisse rivalisera avec Rungis dans l"impression m�morable qu"il peut faire sur un visiteur. J"esp�re pouvoir revenir � Rungis dans le futur. Bonne chance d"ici l�!

BARDET Philippe

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:20:06 GMT

Hi Fran�ois Xavier,
I am the guide mentioned in your great article. Thanks for saying that I am a good one ! You gave my cell phone number to your readers and plenty of them call me but to mention my e-mail address as well should be more practical I guess if you don"t mind.( philbardet@hotmail.com ) Thank you in advance. I recently visited the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. I had been invited by Mr Keiichi Suzuki President of Tsukiji Uoichiba one of the main wholesalers, a wonderful trip into the Japanese seafood world.
Best regards.
Philippe

fx

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:23:59 GMT

Jean, thanks for dropping by! I think we must leave vegetarians to their sensibilities, after all if they don�t want to kill animals to feed themselves, this is their choice and there has been for thousand years men who lived without eating any meat. But those who eat meat should not condemn the slaughtering, otherwise they are just a bunch of holier-than-thous.

Jean

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:30:02 GMT

One of the problems with the West mainly is that many have disassociated the meat they eat from the animals and processes which it comes from. Coming from a largely rural island, I"m accustomed to slaughtering animals for food and seeing dead animals. Indeed there is some attraction for me, seeing an animal being prepared for food from scratch. No perversion.

Personally, I can"t decide who"s more hypocritical whether vegetarians, who go against human omnivorous nature, or omnivores who refuse to watch or acknowledge the animals/processes that they feed from. What kind of animal is man that he can"t come to terms with what he eats?

Great articles and photos btw!

James

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:57:12 GMT

You have done a great job here giving precise informations and good desription of the main theme its like being at your side while been taken around thanks a great deal.

fx

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:06:17 GMT

Wendy, thanks for visiting, I hope you get to visit Rungis, if you do try to go with a guide and very, very early before the action is out!

Wendy Mehr

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:45:43 GMT

I am fascinated by Rugis. I saw a tour for the first time by Anthony Bordain and I can not wait to go. Your pictures and tour are wonderful. I am a home chef and adore cooking. Please if you have a chance come and attend "Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival" . We had our first this last March and it was tremendously succesful with such chefs as Alain Passard, Ming Tsai, Jacque Pepin and so many others. Thank you for your time. Wendy

fx

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:43:49 GMT

GunnCat, I don"t know the place you mention but Rungis is huge, largest wholesale food market in Europe, you need a car to cover it, so I guess it"s probably bigger unless Hunts Point Coop claims to be the largest in the world.

GunnCat

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:12:33 GMT

FX, is Rungis as large as Hunts Point Coop?

fx

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:57:27 GMT

Castorp, thanks for visiting my site!

fx

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:36:04 GMT

Homan I just bought a nice book about Rungis that you can order from Amazon.fr, or you can visit their website for more pictures.

castorp

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:41:43 GMT

This is just amazing. I don"t see the point of people being horrified by dead meat.I just admire a culture that succeed in keeping products fresh, healthy and appealing in such a large scale consumption society ( which in many other countries has turn to industrial and chemical way of making food...)

Homan

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:50:36 GMT

What a perfect wholesale market. I would like to visit there.where can I get more photo about that market? thx for all

BHUPI

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:40:15 GMT

Hello, Thanks for giving really very useful information on your site. thanks a lot

fx

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:37:14 GMT

Ellen, all you need is either open your browser window very large, or click on the High Resolution link on top or just use this link http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=32&resolution=high
I hope this helps!

Ellen

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:44:18 GMT

What a wonderful site - thank you so much! I am impressed by many of the postings I have read thus far, but this is my favorite! Is there a way to display all of your photos in a post? I would rather not click click click... thanks!!

Joseph Vazhakkoottam

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:01:14 GMT

Excellent!!

Sonya

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:16:58 GMT

Thanks for the great read. Much enjoyed the entertaining comments. My husband works at Rungis (fruit) and I regularly sneak in with a friend to have a look around, though it"s hard to soak up the atmosphere when you"re not with a "local". La Mar�e is a must.

fx

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:04:01 GMT

Thank you for your comments! I have a big article on Tokyo"s Tsukiji fish market on this website too, and would very much enjoy visiting Mexico"s La Merced.

mark hollander

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:10:24 GMT

Great tour- and the photos were superb- perhaps because of the lack of flash... A propos to large markets, i have visited The "La Merced" market in Mexico City, Mexico, many times (also massive and very photogenic), and remember seeing an excellent photo essay on the Tokyo fish market (world"s largest?).keep "em coming-� I like your work!

Thomas Stephens

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:17:42 GMT

I found your article very insightful, I thank you for putting it up for people like me who just plain enjoy learning about fine gourmet foods, especially from France. Where one day I hope to visit and become a great Chef. Sincerely Thomas Stephens.......Temecula, California

alisha

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:58:52 GMT

i just think your killing too much animals

sarat kumar chalasani

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:57:34 GMT

I am a 55 year old Indian physician working in Abu Dhabi.This is the first time I am writing a comment. Usually I just read and move on.I wouldn"t eat any of the animals you"ve shown but your article was simply great. So is your web-site. My congratulations.

Sasha

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:51:44 GMT

Did you enjoy your visit?

Mary

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:19:21 GMT

You asked for someone to identify the birds in your picture, well I can definitely say they are Pheasants in the feather, pheasants plucked, cock pheasants, Partridge and Mallard. I would love to visit Rungis with my partner and have a meal at the fish restaurant.

fx

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:13:58 GMT

Thanks for the corrections - I have amended the article!

Becky

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:28 GMT

Hi! Thanks for the article. FYI, the correct website is "www.visiterungis.com". I"d hate for someone to miss out. I just finished watching a rerun of the No Reservations show--it inspired me to visit Rungis when I"m in Paris in a few weeks.

Bruce F

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:37:43 GMT

This is a terrific piece. I have one small suggestion. You might want to change the title of the piece to "A Visit to Rungis, .....". Right now it"s ungrammatical.I do want to say that I truly enjoy your site. It"s great reading.

Debopriyo

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:26:02 GMT

Fantastic pictures... The birds are mainly grouse, partridge and mallard (duck) and the furry animals are rabbits. They represent the epitome of gastronomy in France and is nothing to be ashamed or sick about. They are bred for eating like chickens or goats in India or for that matter any where in the world.