Loyalty, discretion and a sense of stateliness are the essential qualities that make Christian Garcia a cook that stands out from the crowd.

"Cooking for Prince Albert is an honour especially as he places such an importance on cuisine and good produce. Like Prince Charles, Prince Albert has created a 100% organic vegetable garden in his summer residence at Rocagel, 17 miles from Monaco. The Prince does of course love the typical Monegasque specialties such as barbajuans - fried ravioli with a little stuffing of vegetables or meat, or Monagasque Cod - a meal that was served to President Sarkozy. The saddle of lamb in a Provencal crust with goat cheese and marjoram, served with Provence pickled vegetables is a classic on the Cook’s Menu form the Prince’s palace kitchens, as is the Mediterranean capon in rock fish juices with leek cannelloni."
 
A Chef for a Head of State

Although he was born in Bourges in the Cher region, Christian Garcia now considers himself to be a "pure" Monegasque. His great pleasure is sailing with Andrew Rinaldi, the last small scale fisherman in Monaco, returning to Prince Albert with some fine wriggling red mullets.