Giant picnic Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Between the Arc de Triomphe and Avenue George-V, a tablecloth 216 meters long and 4,112 m2 will be erected to host the Grand Picnic des Champs.
The festivities will begin at 11:45 a.m. with a first service, followed by a second at 1:30 p.m. Each participant will have the opportunity to taste packed lunches prepared by local restaurateurs, all in an idyllic setting with the Arc de Triomphe as a backdrop. The meals, cooked on site by nine ephemeral kitchens, will highlight French gastronomy.
Nearly 273,000 registrants tried their luck in the May draw to participate in this gathering of 4,000 people. Behind this event, a desire to bring locals back to the avenue popular with tourists and shopping boutiques.


Eat for free on the Champs-Élysées free of traffic, facing the Arc de Triomphe, on a tablecloth more than 200 m long: some 4,000 guests drawn at random will participate in this giant picnic on Sunday, on the eve of the presentation of a study aimed at “re-enchanting” the axis.

Nearly 273,000 people tried their luck to benefit from one of the two services (12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.) and sit on the avenue covered with cushions, on a checkered tablecloth 216 m long and more than 4,000 m2 of surface. The lucky winners, who can each invite six loved ones to a square, will be entitled to a packed lunch offered by one of the eight partner avenue restaurateurs, explains the Champs-Élysées Committee, which is organizing the event with a private partner.


The tablecloth made from recycled fibers, manufactured in Île-de-France in 25 pieces, will be assembled on site, an assembly which will involve 150 people. Unconsumed products will be collected by an association fighting against food waste and insecurity, he specifies. The goal: to show that the avenue “is not just a single shopping avenue”, argues Marc-Antoine Jamet, the president of the Committee.
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