Ethiopia trip November 2014
After a busy festive season Virginie Brouard, owner of La P’tite Folie and Le Di-Vin, has been able to reflect on her trip to Ethiopia in November. For the last four years Virginie has been fundraising for the Daughters of Charity, a mission of 60 nuns who run orphanages in the Tigray region, as well
STV Website Article
The following article was published on STV’s website on 20th March 2012: “Faced with a queue of starving children and a pot of food too small to feed each one, Virginie Brouard was forced to watch emaciated youngsters go hungry day after day. Throughout her first trip to Ethiopia, the restaurateur had to hold back
Virginie’s Charity Work
Virginie Brouard doesn’t do holidays – instead she uses any spare time and money she has to support a cause close to her heart: the daughters of Charity in Ethiopia, an order of nuns who work with street children, prisoners, the elderly, disabled and leprosy patients. Virginie left her native France when she was 19,
Bite Magazine Restaurant Review
“The Frederick St branch of La P’tite Folie has been in situ for 16 years now. In recessionary times it is always good to place your money on a safe bet but visit this Gallic bistro and you may well hit jackpot. True to form a lightly-dressed salad, bread and water appear promptly on the