A CHRISTMAS BREAD FONDUE - the chateau's newest Xmas tradition 🎄 | Advent 2022

Michael creates a Christmas caraway, fig and cranberry bread, and after a visit to our incredible local French cheese shop, we decide to turn it into something new...
To try the bread for yourself, here is the recipe that we adapted: www.foodheavenmag.com/recipes...
To see more Michael, you can follow his Formula 1 adventures at ‪@MichaelPottsF1‬
Day 4 of Advent 2022!

[@jmk1962]

Michael is so like Hugh Grant it makes me laugh.

[@elaineteut9579]

That is who he reminds me of. Funny.

[@donnieb7392]

He is!!!

[@icuinthelight]

A very YOUNG Hugh!😁

[@mercurialpierrot7073]

Yes, and good lord is he handsome ❤️

[@marshawargo7238]

That's It! I've always thought "I Know him from Somewhere!" Hugh Grant's younger brother! Even his speech pattern. Thanks!

[@karherineedwards3595]

"How's the petrol?" I couldn't stop laughing. Michae Potts is hilarous with you. No wonder you are such good friends.

[@MichaelPottsF1]

Haha true!

[@marianneheimann9598]

It was nice to see Amy, Marc, Clement and Juliette sitting around the table in your lovely kitchen - and participating in the meal.🌭🥨

[@irenebianchi5088]

Michael is pretty dashing I have to say

[@heartsamessgaultier8562]

So good to have Michael Potts back at the Chateau, he always brings an extra layer of warmth and calm to the already lovely atmosphere at La Lande. He is such a multi-talented and visually appealing man, what's not to love? I am glad that you have such lovely friends and family as you face the troubling and stressful issues brought out by the renovation project (maybe it was a blessing to have found it now, before an even bigger catastrophe occurred). Wishing you a great Holiday Season and a quick resolution to every renovation hiccup you encounter.

[@presley_yt]

Since its Christmas, Michael needs to give us the Hugh Grant dance scene from Love Actually.

[@ibosquez5238]

Yes please I need to laugh my as* off. Ha!

[@presley_yt]

@@ibosquez5238 Yes!!!

[@bettyintihar6032]

I love when Michael Potts is at the Chateau!

[@MichaelPottsF1]

Thank you!!! So lovely being there!!!

[@trixiegirlism]

A man that bakes bread ... be still my heart!!

[@crae3422]

A show about a wonderful group of family and friends, French history, architecture, wines, costuming, art, travels in Europe, interior design, chateaus, gardening, porcelain and cutlery, wallpaper, restoration, forestry, landscape design, woodworking, great cooking, and above all - bread and cheese. It simply does not get better than this. PS. Dampers will give you control over how hot your log burners run so you're not heated out of a room. Won't go through firewood so quickly either.

[@kimmartin160]

No yeast?

[@petramckean5041]

Michael reminds me of Hugh Grant - no idea why! Another great episode!

[@bethanya99]

Just Love the dynamic between Michael and Steph. It feels like two cousins that grandma finally let loose in the kitchen! Lord have Mercy!

[@rhondathomas7952]

Yes!!! 😂😂😂

[@lauraclaudia8159]

I loved Michael 's "What's the petrol like?!"😂😂😂 Great vlog, Stephanie!!! Thank you, guys!!!🥰

[@wildflowerwind6941]

Me too.

[@birthdaybash4721]

You too are so fun together! I was laughing so hard about “pants”

[@lorim8404]

Keep Michael in your Advent videos. You two are very good together and it has a similar feel to you and M Peth

[@ritasengupta9611]

I agree. There’s a natural rapport and both are playful with a great sense of humour

[@zoerochelle]

You and Michael are sooo good together. He’s a joy.

[@marinagracanin8686]

sparkle in the eye when he is with her😉

[@duchessa44]

So happy to see Amy and Marc from Chateau Rosieres at Lalande. Loved this Advent edition!! Yummy bread making!!

[@trishecoole8421]

I love the relationship you have with Michael. It's beautiful.

[@lauriepalmer3593]

Stephanie….. that red lipstick 💄 is absolutely stunning on you! You have found the absolute perfect shade of red for your complexion! You are, as always, radiant!

[@rhondathomas7952]

I could watch you and Michael together forever! It’s like that with good longtime friends! Such a blessing you are to each other. 🥰

[@mypioneergirl]

You two are always so fun together. I love how you both are around each other.

[@kittycarr123]

After a crap day- watching stephanie and Michael make bread and go shopping for cheese made my evening.. thank you

[@bonniefrench9884]

This channel is better than any TV or Movie series. Real people, friends, family, guests, projects etc.

[@jeanninef2110]

Ah, such a sweet vlog! Michael is a doll! And obviously a wonderful friend! Watching this vlog made me think of the first times I started watching your vlogs Stephanie! It made me happy. The bread looked delicious! Sweet to see Marc , Amy and the children at your chateau! And Stephanie, you are even more of an inspiration….with all the upset with the chateau, you still are able to be smiling and upbeat! We could all take lessons from you! Hugs from Canada!

[@canadiangirl]

Frigging Caraway bread could become my favourite!!! 😂

[@christikapa3856]

😂😂😂

[@nattersar77]

Stephanie, the love and thought and hard work you put into all your vlogs but specifically these advent ones are incredible. It's no wonder you feel overwhelmed on top of all your other responsibilities! My daughter and I love watching your channel together with every new episode- however- if you ever choose not to do a vlog every day for the month of December, we understand! And we will be here whenever you do post. Merry Advent from Ohio, USA.

[@seanedgecomb9591]

Michael Potts is really handsome.

[@tamaliaalisjahbana6849]

It is always so nice when the talented Michael Potts is around.

[@jezabel1960]

Yummy!! I love when Michael bakes bread!! And visits to the cheese selling Gass station 😁❤️🥂

[@gnarbeljo8980]

Haha Stephanie you're a blast! 😂 This was a real treat to watch. I could watch Mr Potts bake bread all night, he's dishy! 😍 And the bread and cheese looked positively yummy too hihi! You're absolutely right about caraway, my only trouble with caraway and cumin is the total linguistic confusion. Caraway is Kümmel in German but Kummin in Swedish. Cumin on thr other hand is Kreutzkummel in German and Spiskummin in Swedish. And confusing the two when using foreign recepies is sortof disastrous. You don't want cummin on your Guylás, or caraway on your kebabs. I remember eating bread from a bakery with lots of cumin in it, quite clearly a misunderstanding of the language lol 🙊. You are so lucky to have so many creative friends and family in your house dear. This calendar is a veritable showcase of all the Lalanders & friend's special talents ending with something extremely tasty every day. Now that's what I call a proper advent calendar! Its been a long time since i splurged on cheese (SO expensive here now and I *really* don't need to put on weight now that I'm alone) but now I'm going to have to take a trip to my favourite cheese shop for sure. I'm gaining weight just looking at this you guy's, so Lord have mercy!😂🥰😉

[@Lisa-hp6wy]

The Christmas Dairies series is such a treat to have on the daily. A serious thrill to watch these videos every day. Especially given that you've had such a rough week of setbacks, your resilience to overcome is admirable and contagious - you're a Queen. Loads of love from New Zealand xxx

[@lenise7726]

Ditto, from another Kiwi 😊

[@lindamitman4538]

Michael Potts is a legend. That bread looks so delicious!

[@MichaelPottsF1]

It was delish!

[@davidlogan4329]

Michael Potts is a gem of a chef most definitely! What a treasure!

[@MichaelPottsF1]

*blush*

[@RADIO-FREE-AMERICA]

Rural France 🇫🇷 is as beautiful, as anywhere in the 🌎 world! Stephanie, try putting a 30inch box fan, at the doorway between the too warm room, and the colder room. Turn the fan on high, and blow the hot air into the cold room, it will really help spread it around! I know this sounds elementary at best, but it honestly works well! I have done it many times here, using one big window AC unit to cool a whole apartment! Where I live here in the Keys, we make do with what’s available! AC here is also expensive! Cheers! Thomas!

[@supremlyfoxylass]

Love seeing Michael Potts in the kitchen . Looks delicious and so much fun,.!

[@MichaelPottsF1]

Thanks! It was great being there!

[@isobelchapman9548]

What a hoot…..Michael is such a tonic. God bless all xx

[@rosemarythyme6351]

Does Michael Potts remind anyone else of Monty Python? Maybe like a quirky Michael Palin back in the day? At any rate, he's a delight on the channel and I absolutely love his photography!

[@ibosquez5238]

He reminds me of Hugh Grant.

[@babschmid]

It was so nice to see Marc and Amy and their adorable children at Lalande! Merry Advent to all!!

[@ilovejewelyn]

Love seeing the colors of the landscape this time of year 🤍

[@rgrndu]

That looked figgin’ delicious.

[@helenomahony6280]

❤️❤️❤️

[@anavelaeshomestead]

MP needs to have his own bread baking channel. 🍞 LOL So funny to watch.

[@ArtHealsTheSoul]

Yes as I mentioned before we’re all so happy Michael is back

[@Amy-of7gw]

About the bread… the cling film needs to just be only at the top of the bowl, allowing the air bubbles to expand the bread, more than doubling it. After the first proof you roll it out and put on the fruit, roll it up and shape into a round or loaf. Proof again and bake. Putting the cling directly on the dough kept it from rising and doubling. Making it too dense. I was a gourmet restaurant pastry chef and bread baker for 8 years, I made 350 pieces of bread 6 days a week, wheat, French and herb bread. I love to garden and Cook… someday I hope to volunteer at your beautiful Chateau. Until then sending warm wishes for a Merry Christmas

[@beautyallaroundme724]

The people asked for more of you and Michael in the comments on the last video, and you delivered (already). I wish I could taste through the screen. 😄

[@rickyt3961]

14:21 🧀🍞… looks so good! Nice work Michael 👍🏾

[@elizabethsteven9797]

Love Michael's cooking slots. He needs his own channel. Throughly enjoyed the musical ride through the countryside. Very festive without the snow 🎄

[@abbylea2359]

Michael Potts is so handsome.

[@caroleprisk5068]

Michael would make a perfect James Bond!

[@lunalouhoo]

You've turned bread and cheese into a an art form...a yummy one.

[@maurawhelan3530]

Stephanie you look grand! So does Michael. Thank you for the wonderful vlogmas

[@barbaragreen-studer2808]

With the vacherin Mont D’or, you can cut a little cross into it, pour some white wine into it and pop it into the oven for about ten minutes and eat with bread or small potatoes like fondue. It’s called a « boîte chaude ». Just make sure to put some tin foil around the box so the wine stay inside. Mont D’or is produce in both France and in Switzerland.

[@mavep2855]

Delicious bread and cheese, good friends and happy times, a real treat! Thanks Stephanie🎄❤️🙏

[@luciaroslingshaw2112]

I hope MP will be there all December. It's nice to get to know him better.

[@martieflagg4671]

What's the petrol like? Love Michael's humor!

[@endeavouringit]

So you need to invest in the black labels that you can change the writing, whatever they are called for your containers. Steph you look stunning in that deep red lipstick. I love all or any video you put out, but I absolutely love it when I feel like I'm in the car driving with you & seeing the scenery, I just love, love, love it !! & I adore Michael, he's just so charming, funny, down to earth and classy, oh and talented & pretty easy on the eye. & love the velvet dress, I love velvet.

[@ericacole7102]

This has to be music that Phillip picked out. Delightful!

[@jasondortch2313]

I’m jealous. My local gas station specializes in live bait for fishing and is known for their selection of bubba beers. I’ve never looked but I bet there’s some Velveeta slices besides the packs of bologna. That’s as close as I’ll get to a cheese shop in a petrol station! Vive la France!! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@helenstella2666]

I’ve just watched this again & I had to stop & go cut myself a slice of cheese to munch on 😆🧀 What a thoroughly delicious vlog .. thank you ❤️🎄

[@patriciacarlyle9456]

@@mp7519and I had to make a cocktail since I had just finished the previous episode with the pea-cocktail 🌲 😅

[@MaggiNimmo]

I was under the impression that a room of the doll-chateau would, each day, be a part of advent.

[@janetcorey5102]

It’s so fun having Michael back. Love bread making, visit to the cheese shop and especially learning about the cheese❤❤

[@armymom8378]

I absolutely love Michael ! His quick wit, banter and charm makes me smile and laugh ! We need more of that !! Stephanie the smile on your face is priceless ! With love to you all ! ❤🏰

[@annegretewardrope5668]

Why is he not in Hollywoodfilme !!!😊❤

[@cecilea6938]

I love the new music on the road 💖

[@kristyliphart8315]

This is my first advent with Lalande and can I say, THANK you. Delightful

[@moiraleech7364]

This was so much fun. Michael is charming and witty and the workmanship of preparing bread was a sheer delight. Loved every second of this video

[@antonellaarcadolan6004]

Yay!! Another evening together❤

[@patriciarinaldi9390]

Only in France can you find a fromage in a petrol station 🤣🤦‍♀️

[@crinkle2649]

Sauerkraut with caraway seeds is amazing.

[@marianneheimann9598]

The bread looked heavenly 👌 - and all the wonderful cheeses 🧀🫓🎄❤️

[@carolehanrahan]

It's such a french thing that your local petrol station is the best cheese shop. I guess that would explain why the lobster truck parks near our gas station here in Nova Scotia. It's obviously a cultural thing. I love that you forgot the sugar and then the dates for the Christmas cake. It will make for a great story for Christmases to come.

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

Stephanie when I experience extreme stress over something important I do exactly the same. I feel like my brain exits-‘stage left’. I have been going through this recently, misplaced my watch, my glasses, and a couple of other things I won’t even mention-lol! It is SO very human 😢😅😊

[@paulawillett1563]

My goodness! That bread and cheese looks delicious.

[@garymarsden2343]

Another great advent calendar 😊

[@JohannaVeerenhuis]

Thank you so much for all the joy!! 💝🎄💝 Stephanie, you look radiant! As always of course, but still… 🤷‍♀️

[@ferntella]

I am loving your guys' time out of the "guest season" and just seeing you guys live as one big family for the holidays! The vlogs have been especially lovely and wholesome lately

[@deebowker768]

Michael has put the smile back on your face Stephanie. Great to see you having fun preparing lunch together. At a stressful time with all that’s going on, having your wonderful friends and family around you must mean such a lot to you. A lovely advent Vlog. Thank you ❤

[@beccazie101]

❤❤❤ loved the tour through the countryside on the way to the cheese shop!! 🥰

[@lorrainel2314]

You surround yourself with beautiful people, Stephanie, a reflection of you 🥰 Merry Advent 🎄💝

[@Jane-3229]

Your daily advent videos are my favourite time of the day 😊 Thank you x

[@crinkle2649]

Michael's bread looked fantastic

[@kellynichols7834]

I absolutely love seeing the people who have been in the château the longest dealing with the daily changes. Nope room too hot. Never need said before.

[@amymoxley1165]

Your videos are my Advent calendar. You make me smile everyday!

[@evalue7517]

You guys put a smile on my face. Thank you.

[@monalingan9523]

Michael is a delight, and the cheese looks incredible.

[@judymossip7446]

Fabulous cheese at the nearby petrol station? What could be better than that? Thank you for making Marc and Amy and children so comfortable at LaLande ❤

[@robynforman1978]

Michael's bread looks delicious. Greetings from Brighton

[@julielozano1852]

Brilliant! the cling film and the placement cracked me up 😂😂

[@jomcgee6094]

Michael is the bread guru!❤ He could make me bread any day 😋

[@tinathene]

The way he was kneading that dough into submission 😂

[@jenniferkessener1111]

Yum, that looks delicious! Michael is always so upbeat and fun. You have the greatest friends. Thank you for the sdvent vlogs. My favorite.

[@maryinsky]

Michael has most of the laugh-out-loud lines lately. Congrats on the advent episodes, a vicarious village Xmas.

[@paulgribble]

Getting my daily fix of joy.❤

[@sherririnker7716]

Michael is incredibly talented, smart, hilariously funny, well-traveled, drop-dead handsome and a fabulous cook. I think there’s a fairly good chance that he’s a cyborg.

[@colleenlongardner2692]

Stephanie, you do the editing is my understanding. Do you pick the music too? The music today was just spot on driving through the country. Thanks again for sharing the fun at LaLande.

[@bonniet2069]

That bread looked fantastic! And it was nice seeing Michael, although I missed seeing Philip.

[@julieyoder8679]

I love Michael even more now that I know he has his own sourdough starter, I make everything from sourdough..

[@JP-mv2dy]

Great video. Love watching you and Michael together.

[@peterwhite9261]

The bread and cheese looked delicious. Sorry about your cake I think we all been down that road at least once.

[@lingell7428]

The bread looks delicious Loved the banter with MP x

[@ladyonlay7802]

Steph it is so nice to have Michael P home! He can knead my bread anytime! 😂 Those dimples are so charming! Oh well, an old lady can flirt!! Cheers everyone! Linda

[@ibosquez5238]

Same

[@ibosquez5238]

👩🏻‍🦳

[@cliffhorman6846]

Love Michaels goofy playful nature. Loved the cheese shop... I wish we had access to all the beautiful cheeses here in Australia. I really enjoyed this outing as usual.

[@bindihughes1146]

OH, just WONDERFUL! I can smell the bread. The advents are the BEST! Thank you!🥳🎉🎄🥇🏆👏👏👏👏🥰🐝🐝🌼🌻

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Stephanie and Michael making bread was hysterical. Loved seeing everyone around the table enjoying the cheese, bread and each other’s company. Cracked up at the end when someone, I think Amaury stated “the car keys will be in the fridge” 😅😅😅Don’t worry Stephanie, I’m sure it will taste just fine without the sugar and dates. Is it too late for a do over? Thanks for sharing in all the fun 🤩 😍😘