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Château des Tesnières and Restaurant Mosaic Honoured at the Hôtel & Lodge Awards 2026
Chef Chantel Dartnall and her restaurant Mosaic at Château des Tesnières are featured in the May 2026 edition of Néorestauration, one of France’s leading hospitality and culinary publications.
In a feature titled La cheffe qui cuisine les fleurs (“The Chef Who Cooks with Flowers”), the magazine explores Dartnall’s remarkable journey from South Africa to Brittany, where she has established an intimate twenty-seat dining destination that celebrates nature, seasonality, and botanical gastronomy.
Set within the historic grounds of Château des Tesnières, Mosaic is presented as a place where culinary artistry and the natural world exist in harmony. The article highlights the château’s permaculture gardens, lovingly tended by Chantel’s family, which provide many of the flowers and botanicals that have become signatures of her cuisine.
At the heart of the feature is Dartnall’s distinctive philosophy of “botanical cuisine” — a style that honours nature’s beauty, balance and quiet power.
Drawing on a career shaped by some of the world’s most respected culinary figures, including Michel Bras, Pascal Barbot, Nico Ladenis and Michael Caines, she now brings together French and South African influences in a deeply personal expression of place, heritage and creativity.
The feature celebrates Mosaic as a destination where two cultures, two landscapes and two culinary traditions are woven together through a refined and poetic dining experience.