About Iza Redon

“Food is what makes me tick.”

After having been raised in the cradle of the catering sector from a tender age – my dad was running a creperie in Paris, my mum had several restaurants serving Bistro food – I decided to explore the vast world of culinary delights and leave Paris for London in the full bloom of my youth, aged only 19. My natural curiosity and appetite for new tastes and adventure brought me to different destination throughout Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe. I decided to try my luck and opened my first business, Pianeta Terra, in the heart of Amsterdam , a restaurant that remains successful to this day.

I landed in Bristol in 2005, eager to start fresh; I set myself for a new ‘food’ challenge by committing to three years of a nutritional training in Bristol as well as starting La Cuizine in 2007.

My passion for food and my nutrition training have complemented each other ever since I started exploring the world of nutrition and combining it with my cooking skills.

Everyday’ diet is crucial to feel vital and healthy and I believe that food should feed the soul as well as satiating the palette and that cooking is not just a way to feed oneself but a means to reach out to others, friends, loved ones and strangers alike, as well as a path to ones well-being.

For this reason my menus are always seasonal and I aim to use the best in locally sourced produce as well as preparing food with care and skills to keep nutritional point of view.

I use supermarkets as little as possible and I endeavour to support local shops as much as possible. My main suppliers are:

  • Fish: Tovey’s in Easton Rd, a reputable fish monger supplying fish to several restaurants in Bristol
  • Meat: Dave Giles butcher on Gloucester Rd- a recognized butcher by Friends of the Earth organisation, 80% of his products are locally sourced, both organic and non-organic.
  • Vegetables: Pawsons on Gloucester Rd , Farmer’s market  or  Leigh Court farm.
  • Eggs:   They are always free range from a local egg farm

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