Oysters! France!
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The Gillardeau company sorts, finishes and packs its celebrated oysters in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus but farms them elsewhere.
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: October 26, 2008
BOURCEFRANC-LE-CHAPUS, France — For Thierry and Véronique Gillardeau, the oyster has become their world.
Gérard Gillardeau, right, at a sorting table. His family company’s oysters are plump, fleshy and more expensive than most.
A member of the fourth generation of a family of oyster farmers, Thierry, 37, has brought an economics education to what has become the most famous name in oysters: Gillardeau. More
