Pierre Vila Palleja
Paris Ambassador
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Pierre’s professional career started very classically for a French person: cooking school in Paris was followed by trainee and employee positions in prestigious restaurants (George V, Ritz, Crillon, Lasserre, Ducasse), giving him solid experience. When his father got sick, he joined the family business of “Le Petit Sommelier” in Paris to help, taking it over in 2015. A classic brasserie in front of a train station, Pierre used his experience to alter the ambience and turn it into a wine-dedicated bistro.
Pierre has also participated in competitions to push himself, finishing second in the Best Sommelier of France. This caught the attention the oldest wine magazine in the world, La Revue du Vin de France, and he has been writing about Beaujolais, Loire Valley and non-French wines for the publication since 2016.
His latest accomplishment is a design collaboration with Sydonios, producer of the only French mouth-blown glassware range.