The photo on top is of the retirement party of my good friend Claude. We share many happy memories together. This group consists of a huge talent of French chefs including Daniel Boulud from New York and Serge Chollet who was the chef at Roger Verge's Moulin de Mougins. This shows the scope of Claude's vast and international collection of professional and personal acquaintances I should have been there but, much to my regret, I couldn't make it. My thoughts were with them.
The bottom photo is of one of his cooking classes.