Velouté:

The combination of flour+butter+stock+cream, resulting in a velvet-like sauce,,, a key staple in any French kitchen. So much like our namesake is a foundation of French cooking, we believe that one of many life’s foundations begins with beautiful food, and are committed to providing others with fresh Provencal French fare for those special moments.

Pascal & Brianna Larcher

Owners of Velouté: Pascal Larcher, born and raised in Toulon (a small town in Provence, France), has been incorporating his taste and passion for traditional French cuisine and his mother's French Creole influence since he was a boy.  After receiving his training and graduating from Lycée Hotelier St. Louis, he interned under Michel Troisgros's master chef, Patrice Segreto.  Then in 2001, he moved to the heart of the United States, Kansas City, to help open a new French restaurant in the beloved Crestwood neighborhood.  After 12 years and 4 more in the corporate culinary business, he has now taken on his newest endeavor, Velouté French Market & Catering. Pascal, together with his wife Brianna & their two daughters, founded Velouté in an effort to share their love of Provençal fare with an American audience.

Brianna Larcher, born and raised in Kansas City, previously taught in NYC and KC for 12 years. Though education is one of her many passions, she has loved baking since she was big enough to sit on the kitchen counter. Herself, along with her mother, grandmother, and great-great grandmother are all a part of a long lineage of passionate home bakers, and now with Veloute she is able to take that passion and heritage alongside her professionally. She now ventures into mostly the business-side of things for Veloute (crediting her dad and grandpa for that strong entrepreneurship gene) and loves this newest chapter in Pascal, hers and their kids’ lives.