Les Chésselles - Good Wholesome French Country Cooking in the Yarra Valley
Bastille Day and other Special Events
Bastille Day in July at Les Chésselles and Mont De Lancey
Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (National Celebration) and commonly le quatorze juillet (the fourteenth of July). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Festivities are held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic...
and also at Les Chésselles and Mont De Lancey in the picturesque Yarra Valley.
Each year the French heritage of the region is celebrated over two days in the grounds of Mont De Lancey with spectacular re-enactments, an array of special activities, and dignitaries to open and close the event.
- RE-ENACTMENT OF THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
- APPEARANCE OF NAPOLEON
- FRENCH MUSIC & CANCAN DANCERS
- ROVING PERFORMERS
- MARKET ON BOTH DAYS
- SOOPER DOOPER CIRCUS
- PERFORMING "ARACHNE"
- CIRCUS SKILLS WORKSHOP
- PEUGEOT CAR CLUB DISPLAY
- WORKING BLACKSMITHS
- ORGANIZED CHILDRENS GAMES
- ENTERTAINMENT
- DRESS AS FRENCH
- REVOLUNTIONARIES
- PRIZES GALORE, FUN FOR ALL
Throughout this spectacular weekend fine french food is celebrated at "Les Chesselles" Fully Licensed French Restaurant - Bookings Essential 59 644 106
Contact Les Chésselles French Restaurant
Les Chésselles is located at Mont De Lancey
71 Wellington Road, Wandin, Victoria.
For bookings and enquiries please either:
- ring (03) 5964 4106
- call Chris on 0438 288 808
- or email dine@chesselles.com.au
Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday: 9.30 am to 4.00 pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Open evenings by appointment (for 10 people or more)
HIGH TEA at Les Chésselles
High Tea for Weddings and Brides Hens Parties
(a la francaise)
A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THE YARRA VALLEY
- SANDWICHES... Ribboned & Circled
salmon, cream cheese, flavoured tuna, cucumber, chicken - Vol au Vents
Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken & Cheese - Filled varieties of Pastries
- Home Made Scones, jam and cream
- Petit Fours
varieties of mini cup cakes - Lemon Curd Mini Tarts
- Filtered Tea or coffee, 1 glass of French Bubbly
Minimum of SIX guests. $39.50 per person. Two hours duration. 24 hours booking notice required.
Make your booking here today
Please note: 50% deposit required at time of booking
Gluten Free Meals Available