Vincent Ferniot (born July 14, 1960) is a French actor, television presenter and culinary writer.

Early life

Vincent Ferniot was born on July 14, 1960, in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

, France. His parents, Jean Ferniot and

Christiane Collange Christiane Collange (29 October 1930 – 24 October 2023) was a French journalist and author. Early life Christiane Collange was born as Christiane Servan-Schreiber on 29 October 1930. Her father, Émile Servan-Schreiber, was a Jewish journalis ...

, are journalists and authors. He is of Jewish-Prussian descent on his maternal side. Ferniot graduated from the

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (; ÉnsAD) also known as Arts Decos' and École des Arts décoratifs, is a public grande école of art and design, constituent member of PSL Research University. The school is located in the R ...

Career

Ferniot started his career as a singer and guitar player for Les Civils, a rock'n'roll band. He subsequently became an actor, starring in ''Le bunker de la dernière rafale'' and ''Adieu Blaireau'' 1985, followed by ''Agent Trouble'' in 1987. Ferniot was a radio contributor on

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and

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. He went on to become a presenter on

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and

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. Since 2015, he has presented ''Midi en France'', a culinary programme on

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. Ferniot is the author of several books about food. He is the vice president of the Association Amicale des Amateurs d'Andouillette Authentique. He was described by ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

'' as a "bon vivant".

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* 1960 births Living people People from Neuilly-sur-Seine French people of German-Jewish descent French people of Polish-Jewish descent École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni 20th-century French male actors French food writers French television presenters {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub