Savouring Life: Our Proust Questionnaire with the wonderful food artist Marie Méon
Marie Méon embodies luxury and elegance. With a decade designing for Chanel and Dior, her sophisticated touch is unrivaled. Growing up in Tokyo with a Japanese mother and French father, Marie's deep reverence for food became akin to a "religion." This passion transformed her weekend cooking into pop-up dinners in her Paris apartment, where her dishes were so beautiful they were nearly too exquisite to eat, creating unforgettable culinary experiences.
In 2014, Marie boldly leapt into the culinary arts, founding Manger Manger in 2016. This platform allows her to craft bespoke culinary stories for prestigious clients like Hermès, Cartier, and Paco Rabanne. For Marie, food is a poly-sensorial experience, weaving sincerity and beauty into lasting memories.
Our new editorial series, based on The Proust Questionnaire, aims to reveal true natures through a set of insightful questions. Originally a parlour game popularized by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, we present our version with the wonderful Marie Méon below:
What is your current state of mind?
Very aligned.How do you switch off?
A deep sleep.What is the trait you most admire in others?
Kindness.Which living person do you most admire?
Currently Ronan Bouroullec: I don’t know him personally, but I admire the coherence of his transversal creations, aesthetic and elegant humility. Otherwise: Mother Teresa?What is your greatest extravagance?
Starting a new career all over again 7 years ago.What is the first thing that you do when you wake in the morning?
To drink a great cup of coffee.What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Power.Do you have any daily rituals?
To cook every day for my family.What do you most like about your appearance?
People can’t tell exactly where I come from…What does wellbeing mean to you?
A great state of alignment, the mind helping the body and vice versa.What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humour or a sense of freedom.What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Wiseness or sympathy.Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I love this, I love that…What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My son.When and where are you happiest?
When I feel the hot humidity on my face after landing in Tokyo.Which talent would you most like to have?
Body flexibility.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would tell my younger self to trust my intuitions more.What do you consider your greatest achievement?
To be who I always wanted to be.If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
An elegant stone with moss on top.Where would you most like to live?
In Venice.What is your most treasured possession?
My mother’s clothes that she designed.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Fear of others.What is your favourite occupation?
To cook, or to go to the marketWhat is your most marked characteristic?
Determined (or stubborn?)What do you most value in your friends?
Self-deprecating humor.Who are your favourite writers?
I have book crushes, no favourite writers.Who is your hero of fiction?
Le petit princeWhich historical figure do you most identify with?
My Grandmother.Who are your heroes in real life?
People who work to save others.What are your favourite names?
Georges, OttoWhat brings pleasure to your day?
That the people I love are happy and in good health.Do you have any products or objects that you can’t live without?
My notebook.Where is your favourite place to wake up in the world?
In my bed.What is your motto?
All is impermanence.
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Images supplied by Marie
Feature image by Alexisarmanet
Interview by Anna Harding