Cyril Lignac unveils the “best of his universe” while staying accessible
Dreaming of cooking like a great chef without spending hours behind the stove? Then this news is for you! What strikes when discovering this collaboration is precisely its lack of complexity. Cyril Lignac has been cultivating for more than 20 years a generous and convivial cuisine, far from the intimidating codes of haute gastronomie, and it is precisely from this philosophy that his recipes for HelloFresh were born. The chef does not seek to impress with techniques or ingredients out of reach, but to transmit reflexes and flavor pairings that can be easily reproduced at home with a detailed recipe card and ingredients already selected.
“Our idea was simple: bring the best of my universe into French cooking through delicious, accessible recipes full of character. The goal is to make every everyday dinner more inspiring and more memorable to get everyone to the table. With this, you will be delighted,” sums up Cyril Lignac.
The concept? Four new recipes proposed each month
Rather than a one-off collaboration (as with Whoogy’s this summer), HelloFresh and Cyril Lignac took a grand approach: the collection “The Best of Cyril Lignac” will be renewed every month around 4 new creations, alternating vegetarian recipes and recipes with meat or fish, until 2027. This is enough to build, over the seasons, a real cookbook signed by a great chef without ever running out of ideas to vary your weeknight dinners.
The recipes that make you want to dive back into cooking
For this first autumn lineup, four dishes set the tone. At the top of the bill, we find a shrimp sandwich-roll with a curry mayonnaise spiked with coriander and apple that reimagines the classic sandwich with all the chef’s creativity! We also highlight this salmon steak plunged into a Thai broth with green curry, lemongrass and ginger, served with peas and cilantro rice. The chef’s “little favorite,” largely within reach of a weekday kitchen.
Two other recipes complete this launch: Taiwanese-style chicken tacos accompanied by a mayo-Sriracha for flavors that break from the ordinary without going overboard, and also vegetarian green spinach lasagna blending three Italian cheeses for a melt-in-the-mouth, generous result despite the absence of meat.
The first four recipes signed by Cyril Lignac for HelloFresh. Credit: DR
What to take away to cook like Cyril Lignac at home
Beyond the recipes themselves, this gourmet collaboration offers interesting pointers for those who want to be inspired by the chef’s style without necessarily following a recipe card to the letter. Relying on a sauce or a sharp mayonnaise to transform a simple dish (such as the curry mayo of the sandwich-roll, for example) is an easily transferable trick to your daily meals. Pairing a sweet ingredient (apple, nectarine, mango, etc.) with a savory and slightly spicy base also remains a safe bet to surprise your taste buds.
To accompany this launch, the cooking-box brand and the French people’s favorite chef have produced several videos on social networks to guide you in preparing these recipes!
A collection to follow over the long term
The other peculiarity of this unexpected partnership is its duration. Unlike a capsule collaboration that ends after a few weeks (and that we almost miss most of the time…), this one should last “until 2027“, confirms HelloFresh. And this first selection clearly makes you want to try somewhat more elaborate dishes at home without spending three hours of your evening and without special techniques! So, which Cyril Lignac recipe will you remake first? 😋
Chef Cyril Lignac signs an exclusive collab with the HelloFresh cooking-box brand. Credit: DR
