CAUDWELL UNVEIL DETAILS OF THE 'MICHELIN QUALITY' RESTAURANT & DINING TERRACES AT 'LE PROVENÇAL': ART DECO SCHEME ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA (France)
Luxury developer Caudwell has unveiled details of the spectacular ‘Michelin quality' restaurant and dining terraces at Le Provençalsituated at the gateway to Cap d'Antibes, part of the transformation of an iconic 1920s Art Deco hotel overlooking the Mediterranean into a new luxury address providing residences, leisure amenities and retail boutiques. |
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CAUDWELL UNVEIL DETAILS OF THE 'MICHELIN QUALITY' RESTAURANT & DINING TERRACES AT 'LE PROVENÇAL': ART DECO SCHEME ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA (France)
Luxury developer Caudwell has unveiled details of the spectacular ‘Michelin quality' restaurant and dining terraces at Le Provençalsituated at the gateway to Cap d'Antibes, part of the transformation of an iconic 1920s Art Deco hotel overlooking the Mediterranean into a new luxury address providing residences, leisure amenities and retail boutiques. |
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 Le Provencal, John Caudwell, Founder of Caudwell, at LeProvençal, overlooking the Bay of Golfe-Juan
Photo credit © Caudwell
The restaurant has the benefit of a large open floorplate, high ceilings and tall arched windows, creating a dining venue with a bright, airy and dramatic ambience. The restaurant and dining terraces front onto the Boulevard Edouard Baudoin, opposite the 5-star Hôtel Belles Rives and Square Frank Jay Gould, adjoining the Bay of Golfe-Juan and the sea.
With its outstanding prime location the restaurant would be perfect for a Michelin starred restaurateur such as L’ Arpège, Epicure Paris, L’Oiseau Blanc, Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay, Galvin La Chapelle, Alain Ducasse, Hélène Darroze, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernadrin by Eric Ripert, Per Se by Thomas Keller or MayaBay Monaco. The restaurant space would also be ideal for a luxury dining offering such as La César at Plage Keller, founded by the locally renowned Bensimon family, Nobu, Club 55, Armani Ristorante & Caffè or an Accor Lifestyle & Entertainment brand.
John Caudwell, British businessman, philanthropist and Founder of Caudwell says: “The restaurant at Le Provencal is an exceptionally special venue and our vision is to have a three Michelin starred restauranteur make it one of the finest dining destinations on the French Riviera. The restaurant offering is perfect for a discerning Michelin starred restaurateur or a luxury dining brand and will be one of the most glamorous dining venues on the Riviera to visit and be seen. Another route is if a top chef, restauranteur or general manager wanted to partner with us I am open to this and we could potentially open a restaurant which could be called ‘La Caudwell’ which I envisage would be a very prestigious venue since I have exceptionally high standards and would want the very best cuisine and outstanding hospitality for the clientele.”
John Caudwell adds: “With its ample indoor and outdoor seating, illustrious heritage and unrivalled, unique location on the doorstep of Cap d’Antibes the new restaurant at Le Provencal is an optimal location for creating one of Antibes’ premier dining destination venues. The original restaurant hosted some of the most famous and iconic names of the day and the new restaurant, once operational, will once again serve some of the most affluent and influential people from across the globe.”
Alongside the new restaurant Le Provençal has 41 residences including lateral apartments, penthouses and villas, each with garaging. It is complete with Art Deco styled public areas, cinema, health spa, six retail boutiques and beautiful landscaped gardens that include a 30-metre swimming pool.
Caudwell highlight that the new restaurant offering is in one of the most prestigious and sought after locations on the French Riviera, at the gateway to Cap d’Antibes, a short distance from the world-renowned Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc and the Baie des Milliardaires (Billionaires’ Bay). Cap d’Antibes has some of the most prestigious mansions and villas in the world, home to celebrities and ultra-high-net-worth families and the Bay of Golfe-Juan is a major anchorage for super-yachts.
This unrivalled location provides the restaurant with a strong catchment area comprised of residents of Le Provençal, Cap d’Antibes and Juan-les-Pins, with Cannes, Nice and Monaco just a short journey away. The Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Hôtel Belles Rives, Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel and anchored super-yachts generate an influx of affluent visitors and tourists from around the world who choose to visit Cap d’Antibes and enjoy its restaurant and leisure scene.
The new restaurant benefits from an extremely illustrious heritage. Le Provençal began life as the 10-storey high Hôtel Provençal, originally built in 1926-27 by architect Lucien Stable for American millionaire Frank Jay Gould. The palatial hotel opened in 1927 and quickly became the most exclusive and talked about hotel on the French Riviera.
The original restaurant at Hôtel Provençal is where Ernest Hemingway, Sir Winston Churchill, the Duchess of Windsor and Charlie Chaplin dined, and the setting prompted guest F. Scott Fitzgerald to write his last novel, Tender is the Night. Famous visitors to the hotel included Marilyn Monroe, Estée Lauder, Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich, Jackie Kennedy, Paul McCartney and Ella Fitzgerald.
After a change of ownership in 1972 the Hôtel Provençal closed for refurbishment in 1977 and never reopened. In the following decades various entrepreneurs sought unsuccessfully to rescue the hotel before it was acquired in 2014 by luxury developer Caudwell. The restoration is nearly finished and over the summer of 2025 the new £300 million plus (GDV) luxury residential address will reach completion, allowing residents to move into Le Provencal later in the year.
 Photo credit © Caudwell
 Le Provencal, Rotunda
Photo credit © Caudwell
 Le Provençal, Sea View
Photo credit © Caudwell
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