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Huîtres Ahoy

Name: Huîtres Ahoy
Address: 26 Route du Champ de la Mer, 56870 Baden, France, Baden, FR
Telephone: +33 7 52 06 15 85

Listed by Le Fooding 2026, Huîtres Ahoy offers a unique oyster tasting experience in Baden. Enjoy fresh shellfish from Simon Picard's beds with views over the Golfe du Morbihan.

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Huîtres Ahoy Baden: Award-Winning Oyster Farm in the Golfe du Morbihan

From Business School to Shellfish Cultivation

Simon Picard leads the effort at this renovated ostréicole site after trading a business school background for life as an oyster farmer. For over five years, he has managed shellfish beds on Île Berder and along the banks of the Auray River. A group of friends from the Vannes region joined him to restore the property, transforming it into a working farm focused on careful cultivation.

Timber Frames and Gulf Views

The dining space retains a centuries-old timber frame while adding a concrete and steel terrace that floats above the glittering waters of the gulf. This setup provides sweeping views of the islands within the Golfe du Morbihan. The recognition earned from Le Fooding's 2026 listing highlights the success of this transformation, bringing diners to a venue where maritime architecture meets active aquaculture.

Regional Shellfish and Local Sweets

The menu focuses on regional specialties like crab rillettes sourced from Groix and oysters served warm in garlicky parsley butter. A signature platter presents three oysters from Berder alongside three milder varieties from Auray, accompanied by raw clams, brown shrimp, periwinkles, whelks, and whole-grain mustard mayonnaise. Dessert arrives as a far, a custardy prune-studded Breton flan warmed from a Larmor-Baden bakery and finished with salted caramel.

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2026

Le Fooding

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Le Fooding 2026 — Listed

Services Outdoor Seating

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2026

Le Fooding — Listed

Ahoy there – loosen your belts and pass the picks, we’re diving in shell-first. Whelks, brown crabs, spider crabs, and – above all – oysters. Not just any oysters, mind you, but beauties raised by a band of neo-oyster farmers led by Simon Picard (business school grad turned full-time shell whisperer), with beds on Île Berder and along the banks of the Auray River. Together, they’ve breathed briny life back into this storybook oyster shack, with its centuries-old timber frame and a blazing stove that crackles like it means it. The other evening, perched on the concrete and steel terrace floating dreamily above the glittering waters of the gulf, we were practically blinded by the sunset – and the dazzling display of shellfish: regal crab rillettes from Groix; warm oysters cloaked in garlicky parsley butter; then a show-stopping seafood platter featuring three Berder oysters, three milder Auray oysters, raw clams, a flutter of brown shrimp, periwinkles, whelks and cheeky whole-grain mustard mayonnaise. To finish? A magical far (a custardy, prune-studded Breton flan) fetched from the local bakery in Larmor-Baden, warmed and served with a swirl of salted caramel. At this rate, it’s less dinner, more maritime love affair on the prettiest of high seas! · Scotty Lard

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26 Route du Champ de la Mer, 56870 Baden, France
Baden, France
+33 7 52 06 15 85
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