Over time, I have evolved through research, dining, and travel. That journey has helped me shape a cuisine with its own identity, one that honors Mexican gastronomy while embracing techniques from around the world and recognizing that cooking is in constant evolution.
Perched directly above a small, almost secret cove, La Ponche is less a hotel and more a state of mind—one that trades excess for intimacy, and glamour for authenticity.
Simone Duckstein, who grew up within these walls, remembers the stars deboarding sleepily from the Train Bleu in Saint-Raphaël, heading to Saint-Tropez because it was a «little paradise.»