A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about French cuisine in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. French cuisine has an estimated audience of 7,941,918 people in France.
The average French cuisine fan in France is 43.7 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Top brand affinities include Patrick Bruel, Pâtisserie, Pastry, with strongest over-indexing on Patrick Bruel (1.75× the country average).
Demographically, the French cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 43.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Quality Awareness.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical French cuisine fan in France is more female, around 43.7 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Patrick Bruel.
The key figures that characterise the French cuisine profile in France.
60.8% are female, 39.2% are male, average age 43.7.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 60.8% |
| Male | 39.2% |
| Average age | 43.7 |
| Estimated audience size | 7,941,918 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 11% | |
| 20-29 | 17% | |
| 30-39 | 18% | |
| 40-49 | 22% | |
| 50+ | 32% |
of the worldwide French cuisine audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 11.4% |
| Japan | 11.0% |
| China | 8.1% |
Where the French cuisine audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Île-de-France | ~4.5M | 3.15× | |
| 02 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~1.5M | 2.23× | |
| 03 | Corsica | ~40K | 0.97× | |
| 04 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~900K | 0.94× | |
| 05 | Grand Est | ~600K | 0.90× | |
| 06 | Occitanie | ~600K | 0.88× | |
| 07 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~300K | 0.88× | |
| 08 | Normandy | ~300K | 0.86× | |
| 09 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~300K | 0.85× | |
| 10 | Brittany | ~300K | 0.83× | |
| 11 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~600K | 0.82× | |
| 12 | Pays de la Loire | ~400K | 0.80× | |
| 13 | Hauts-de-France | ~500K | 0.79× |
The strongest cross-interests of the French cuisine audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | La Vie Claire | Food & Beverages | 4.09× | ||
| 02 | Butter | Food & Beverages | 2.96× | ||
| 03 | Pâtisserie | Food & Beverages | 2.27× | ||
| 04 | Pastry | Food & Beverages | 2.15× | ||
| 05 | Bakery | Food & Beverages | 1.99× | ||
| 06 | Patrick Bruel | Music & Radio | 1.75× | ||
| 07 | Take-out | Food & Beverages | 1.75× | ||
| 08 | Carrefour Express | Shopping | 1.73× | ||
| 09 | Cake | Food & Beverages | 1.67× | ||
| 10 | Culinary art | Arts & Culture | 1.66× | ||
| 11 | Promod | Fashion & Accessoires | 1.60× | ||
| 12 | Gémo | Fashion & Accessoires | 1.59× | ||
| 13 | Mappy | Internet & Social Media | 1.56× | ||
| 14 | Voluntary association | Politics & Society | 1.55× | ||
| 15 | Desserts | Food & Beverages | 1.53× | ||
| 16 | Gastronomy | Food & Beverages | 1.52× | ||
| 17 | Celine Dion | Music & Radio | 1.51× | ||
| 18 | King Jouet | Shopping | 1.51× | ||
| 19 | Yves Rocher (company) | Beauty & Wellness | 1.51× | ||
| 20 | Star Academy | Movies & TV | 1.50× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indulgence | JOY | 1.34× | |
| Quality Awareness | PREMIUM | 1.33× | |
| Healthy Lifestyle | BALANCE | 1.32× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Adopter Mentality | POWER | 0.88× | |
| Career Orientation | POWER | 0.92× | |
| Individualism | JOY | 0.97× |
French cuisine has an estimated audience of 7,941,918 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
60.8% of French cuisine fans are female, 39.2% are male, with an average age of 43.7 years.
French cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Patrick Bruel (1.75×), Pâtisserie (2.27×), and Pastry (2.15×) over the country average.
French cuisine fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~4.5M), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (reach ~1.5M), and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond French cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Pâtisserie (2.27×), Pastry (2.15×), Bakery (1.99×), and La Vie Claire (4.09×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for French cuisine. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.
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