• Truffles are displayed at the Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Truffles are displayed at the Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • A customer moves a barrow with fruit to his truck from the fruits and vegetables hall at Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    A customer moves a barrow with fruit to his truck from the fruits and vegetables hall at Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • Traders from all over Europe come to buy and sell fruits at the Rungis international wholesale food market. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Traders from all over Europe come to buy and sell fruits at the Rungis international wholesale food market. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • Poultry on display for customers. Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris covers 232 hectares and sells over €7 billion worth of food every year. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Poultry on display for customers. Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris covers 232 hectares and sells over €7 billion worth of food every year. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • Fish on display in the fish hall at Rungis, one of the seven main halls in the world's largest wholesale food market. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Fish on display in the fish hall at Rungis, one of the seven main halls in the world's largest wholesale food market. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • Workers take a break in the Saint Hubert Cafe at the Rungis wholesale market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Workers take a break in the Saint Hubert Cafe at the Rungis wholesale market near Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPA
  • Customers enter the fruits and vegetables hall at the Rungis wholesale market. Etienne Laurent / EPA
    Customers enter the fruits and vegetables hall at the Rungis wholesale market. Etienne Laurent / EPA

Where France’s top chefs buy their food — in pictures


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Sales for gourmet food at Rungis international wholesale food market near Paris usually go up notably before Christmas and New Year’s Eve. See what is on offer at the world’s largest wholesale food market.