A visit to Bigard, the largest meat processing factory in France with over 60 cattle and 400 pigs being processed per hour!!! Bigard have dealings with alliance Co op in New Zealand. This is even more impressive in that they also have a bakery which produces breads and croissants for the meat to be included!
Following our morning visit we visited the local government building, the Hotel De Ville, to meet Madame Le Berre a deputy mayor for a glass of cassis and cidre and nibles. This was a warm up for La Mouche Qui Louche (the cross eyed fly) Bistrot and Boufee. Another marvellous meal with vin rouge and café before sunning ourselves in preparation for our next meeting in the afternoon.
Geult was the next visit. Guelt is an industrial engineering facility that has grown from 1 to 120 people in its 30 years history. They specialise in plant for food processing including maintenance and refurbishment of old machines. The scale and quality of the building was very impressive.
This was our last night in the Quimper and we were hosted the Quimperle club at the Les Moulins Du Duc. This dinner was attended by various club members as well as the DG Gerard Quere. This was a fantastic 5 course meal which was also our best presentation to date. A wonderful night was had by all and we were privileged to each receive personalised plates from the HB Henriot Factory that we visited last week.
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