Our history
Our know-how
Groix & Nature's expertise has been built up over the years by a team of enthusiasts.
A genuine local sustainable development project, creating 19 year-round jobs on the island of Groix and 16 on the mainland. Passionate about good food and proud to perpetuate local culinary traditions to offer quality products that respect the environment.
When we make our recipes, we allow time for browning, reducing and simmering... so many tricks of the trade that make up the know-how of the men and women of Groix & Nature.
Marianne
Richard
Séverine
Marion
Julie
Lucie
Maerig
Audrey
Yannick
Nadia
Mickaël
Charlotte
Loïc
Emmanuelle
Marc
Living Heritage Company
Groix & Nature has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label, a state distinction unique in France that rewards the excellence of French know-how and craft heritage. It is a showcase for French excellence, helping to preserve and pass on unique skills.
Quality artisan producer
La Conserverie Groix & Nature is recognized by Le Collège Culinaire de France as a quality artisan producer.
This designation recognizes our commitment to the island's culinary know-how and our choice to produce authentic recipes where the human hand plays a key role.
Produced in Brittany
Groix et Nature is a member of the association Produit en Bretagne, which aims to responsibly support the economic and cultural dynamics of employment in Brittany.
This initiative supports the local economy and the preservation of our region's cultural heritage and traditional know-how.
Raw materials of excellence
Abalone and mussels from the island of Groix, sea bass, sardines, albacore tuna, hake, sea bream, cuttlefish and octopus are all from Brittany. Our other fish and shellfish, such as scallops, lobster and salmon, come from the North-East Atlantic and are purchased directly from wholesalers to promote short supply chains.
Cooked with passion on the island of Groix
Our recipes are hand-crafted on the island, respecting the resources and culinary traditions of the island, without colorants or preservatives, with a limited number of ingredients and a high percentage of raw materials to capture the original taste of each fish.
Island know-how preserved through the preparation of authentic, refined recipes. Groix & Nature reflects a passion for taste, good products, precision, the land and the sea, artisan heritage and the excellence of French know-how.
Our partners
Fishermen and shellfish farmers bring you the very best their region has to offer, in keeping with its seasonal nature. These fishermen, producers of abalone, blue lobster, sardines and mackerel, select exceptional raw materials every day, while respecting the resource.
Jean Besnard
Moulin Marée
Moulin Marée has been a fishmonger in Lorient for three generations, and is our preferred partner for fish and seafood fillets. Every day, we receive the fish fillets we need to prepare our recipes at our production facility on the island of Groix. Located opposite the island of Groix, the port of Lorient is an emblematic site for fishing in France.
Alexis Taugé
Cinq Degrés Ouest
Based in the port of Lorient, 5 Degrés Ouest specializes in the meat of blue lobster and other shellfish, obtained by a unique cold shucking process that gives them unrivalled qualities in terms of taste and texture.
Erwan Tonerre
Groix Haliotis
The abalone, or sea ear, is a precious gastropod whose fishing is strictly regulated and limited. It lives at the base of the shallows or under the rocks in Brittany. Iodized with an inimitable taste, abalone feed on algae and plant particles. Erwan Tonnerre, a passionate halioticulturist on the island of Groix, specializes in raising abalone from spat.
Gaetan Lappart
Gaëtan Lappart, a native of St Guénolé and a bolinche fisherman in the Bay of Audierne, is our sole supplier of the sardines we use to make our sardine rillettes with Piment d'Espelette. Freshly landed in the port of St Guénolé, the sardines are bolinche-caught, a sustainable and responsible method of fishing that respects the resource.
