The cuisine of the future at Futuroscope

Futuroscope is inviting guests to discover the cuisine of tomorrow, as well as futuristic attractions, with their own molecular cuisine restaurant, Le Cristal. Chef Noel Gutrin has created sophisticated and astounding recipes that give food a totally new texture and taste and which put molecular cuisine on the map.

The cuisine was concocted with the expert advice of Hervé This, a gourmet chemist at the INRA and researcher at the Chemistry Laboratory College de France, who has worked alongside Heston Blumenthal.

Molecular cuisine is the art of using the properties in the molecules that make up each ingredient of a recipe. It is a relatively new approach to cuisine created by experience and experiment. The chefs draw on scientific knowledge and use nothing but natural produce to create new, light and even zephyr-like dishes, which bring their aesthetic and savory qualities to the fore. This is the cuisine of the future!

The virtuosos of modern cuisine delight and continue to amaze with their audacity, inventiveness and experiments. This cuisine of the future is about exploration and in the heart of Futuroscope, Le Cristal’s gourmet teams are bubbling with ideas as they devise ingenious creations bringing a foretaste of the future. Tomorrow's cuisine is a blend of savoury, sweet, sour and sharp - with a hint of spirit of the age. Le Cristal's menu is organic, ethnic, molecular, alive with creative adventure to tempt us into the joy of discovery.

Nitrogen ice creams, alginate drops and virtual caviar are some of the curious names for hilarious dishes that smoke, foam and fizz. Molecular cuisine is creative gastronomy without limits, reworking the unrecognised or forgotten natural chemical properties of food into new flavours. Mouthfeel, colours and temperatures collide in a culinary creation that stands apart from ordinary recipes. By combining chemistry, natural produce and state-of-the-art technological tools, these futuristic culinary skills tantalise our senses.

Le Cristal seats 150 guests and is situated right at the foot of the spectacular Kinemax ride.

Futuroscope, near Poitiers in the Poitou-Charentes region of France, opened to the public in June 1987 with the aim to “harness the future”. Since it opened, the park has welcomed over 35 million visitors, making it the second largest leisure park in France. It is substantially different from any other “theme park” as it is based on the visual and the senses, thus appealing to a very wide audience of all age groups.

For further information on all of the above, visit futuroscope.com.