“In a total chaos …” Julie Andrieu, this place at the other end of the world that built it, a radical change of decor

Cooking and traveling, Julie Andrieu was able to reconcile His two passions to make him his job. Via her programs and works, Gaia and Hadrien’s mother likes to highlight her discoveries and countless recipes. Consequently, In the columns of Madame Figaro This month. the television host and gastronomic critic returned to one of her first big trips which particularly marked her. Resourceful and adventurous, the “in total chaos …” julie ex-partner of Jean-Marie Périer felt a deep desire to confront other cultures … And she did it brilliantly solo!

“At the age of 17, I traveled from Kathmandu to Nepal, Benarès, India“, She remembered, memories in her head.”Three months by bus and train. All alone with my camera, and an arrival in Bénarès at night after a fairly perilous journey. It was a highlight of my life. I had been waiting for him for a long time … It turned out beyond my expectations. A geographical shock as much as temporal. I had the impression of being remotely teletransported two thousand years back. The streets in clay, noises, dust, cows and humans in total chaos. It would have could be frightening, it fascinated me and reassured me“.

A total immersion that pushed her to rediscover herself

A crazy journey that took him a. thousand leagues from his daily “in total chaos …” julie life. In addition, this change of scenery was beneficial to him for many levels. “JI hoped out there with the feeling that I could lose my identity. invent a new one“said Julie Andrieu, Anges.”There was also this very violent, almost theatrical contrast, with the surroundings of the river and their immemorial peace. Until then, I was shy and withdrawn“. In his eyes,”Benarès gave confidence in (her)“. “Just like the taste for otherness and the faculty to feel comfortable in destabilizing environments“Added the fifties.

A great adventure that she will probably never forget. “”It was liberating. A kind of general explosion where I allowed myself for the first time to say to myself: I am who I want to be“. thus concluded Julie Andrieu. For the podcast Nice trip In 2024. the latter had also lifted the veil on a misadventure which had arrived in India by staying in a hotel: “I “in total chaos …” julie went to the hospital. It was one of the few times I have offered myself a slightly chic meal In a hotel. I fell ill. It served me as a lesson. (…) I drank tap water. I was doing lots of silly things, because I didn’t realize at first. Maybe it immunized me“.