Charlotte Barale (born 1947), known professionally as Carole Chabrier, is a Franco-Monegasque television presenter, who has broadcast on the networks

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, and RMC. Chabrier was born in

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but lives and works in

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. She is best known for her work as a broadcaster on

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, as well as on several French and Monegasque television networks. Her shows have included ' on ORTF and ' on TF1. She has also worked in print journalism, including as chief editor of the magazine ''Monte Carlo Méditerranée''. From 1975 to 1979, she served as Monaco's commentator at the annual

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. In 1988, she published a cookbook containing recipes from her listeners and from chefs in the

south of France Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as , is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', Atlas e ...

, titled ''La Cuisine de Carole Chabrier : 400 bonnes recettes pour tous les goüts''. She has also worked as a commentator for the French

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. In 2019, she was honored as a Knight in the

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by Monaco's

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