Creation of a medal for the Ordre français du Rayonnement Gastronomique, for Guillaume Gomez MOF cuisinier, ambassador of the President of the Republic for French gastronomy.
On September 8, 2023, at the end of the Grands Chefs luncheon at the Élysée Palace for the opening of the Rugby World Cup, Guillaume Gomez, the French President’s Ambassador for French Gastronomy, and Christophe Marguin, President of the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises, presented French President Emmanuel Macron with the medal of the Ordre du Rayonnement Gastronomique, making him a Commandeur.
Let’s take a look back at this creation and its stages:
First step: the design process to find and harmonize symbols and motifs. A 13-pointed white star to symbolize our metropolitan regions, and 5 blue zones for our overseas regions. At the center of the composition, a Marianne wearing a laurel wreath. On her right shoulder, our French symbol par excellence, the proud and upright cockerel. Their gaze is fixed on the horizon. They are surrounded by the raw materials of gastronomy: grapes, cereal fields, wheat, corn, sunflowers…
Second step: carving of the bas-relief and engraving of the die to produce a medal by coining, diameter 40 mm.
Third step :
edition of the medals by Martineau. Stamped in bronze, they are then trimmed, a ball and a ring are soldered, followed by silver plating and the application of white and blue resins.
As a side project, I created the necklace of this order for Guillaume Gomez.
I was assisted in its creation by my fellow MOF Bernard Frizza, MOF bronzier d’art in 1996 – link to Bernard Frizza’s website.
At the end of this necklace, a medal was specially struck in solid silver, and enameled in “Grand Feu” by my fellow MOF Sandrine Tessier, in Haute-Joaillerie and Émailleuse – thank you Sandrine for the quality of your work – link to Sandrine Tessier’s website.
Fourth step: the medals of the order receive their ribbons and rosettes to become knight, officer and commander medals – thanks to the Neyret company.
And the creation of the commander’s piece on the commander’s necklace, thanks to Janvier Gruson, Bernard Frizza and Bronze d’art français for the final touches.
We also produced small replicas of the medal in 16 mm format with small ribbons.
Thank you to Guillaume Gomez for his confidence, and for entrusting me with the creation of the medal of this new national order for the promotion of French gastronomy. And thank you to the 9 companies who contributed to this beautiful medal.
L’éditeur de médaille Martineau
Bernard Frizza MOF
Sandrine Tessier MOF
Neyret
Janvier Gruson
Bronze d’art français
Vincent Gauthier
Guillaume Normand de Lyon gravure
Thank you
Atelier Nicolas Salagnac – graveur médailleur MOF à Lyon