A few years ago, I had read an interview with Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris Match. She had told in the interview about their daily life with Emmanuel Macron, their routines and their relationship. (Photo above: On the south terrace of the Élysée Palace, where the President often sits to work – taken by my mobile phone from Paris Match, No: 3889)

You probably know about the extraordinary romantic story of Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron. Brigitte, who comes from Trogneux family, renowned chocolatiers with a chocolate factory in the Northern French town of Amiens, was a high school French literature and Latin teacher. She was a drama coach at the private school in Amiens when she met 15-year-old Macron who acted in her theatre pieces. They kept in touch after Macron went to Paris to complete his studies and their association led to a romance that lead Brigitte to divorce her husband, banker Andre-Louis Auziere – the father of her three children. (nationalpost.com)

Jean Trogneux, the brand owned by Brigitte Macron’s family, opened its first chocolate shop in Paris in April 2025 (Photos: lebonbon.fr / pasticceriainternazionale.com) (Jean Trogneux is the chocolate institution founded by Brigitte Macron’s great grandfather in Amiens, a picturesque city on the River Somme. The brand is renowned for its chocolates and macarons.)

Macron had told his future wife around the age of 17 when he was studying in Paris: “I will be back for you. Whatever you do, I will marry you.“. The couple got married in 2007, a year after Brigitte’s divorce, when she was 54 and he was 29. They moved to Paris to support Macron’s political career. Brigitte quit her job as a teacher to work as her husband’s main consultant when he became finance minister in 2014. In May 2017, after almost a decade after their marriage, Emmanuel Macron became the French President. (news.sky.com, nypost.com)

Photos above: Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron going to lunch in Mont, September 2016 (Agence / Bestimage via closermag.fr) / Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte leave their house on bicycles on the eve of the second round of the French parliamentary elections in 2017 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France (Getty via metro.co.uk)

Mr Macron kisses his wife during the handover ceremony just after he became president of France in May 2017 (Reuters via news.sky.com) / Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron in front of the Eiffel Tower after he was elected for a second five-year term as president in April 2022 (Getty via people.com)

The article in Paris Match mentions the view of the close friends of the Macrons that: “The First Lady brings the President a breath of fresh air, a touch of humanity, and empathy. She constantly inquires about him, and he calls her several times a day“, and the emotional and intellectual bond between the couple – not eroded despite the years and the exercise of power…

Brigitte tells: “We’re a normal couple. … I have the influence a wife can have on her husband. … The fact that he’s president hasn’t changed anything. … When I sense he’s available, I ask questions and tell him what I think. He knows what I’m doing at all hours of the day.” (Paris Match, No: 3889)

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron enjoying a moment in his private office, September 2019 (Photo taken for a TIME magazine interview) (via bellanaija.com)

She mentions that on weekends they go to the Lanterne where he does all his correspondence and all his calls, and they make their schedules together and negotiate, and then they go for a walk. She adds that twice a week Emmanuel does forty-five minutes of training, warm-up and boxing for core strength, saying: “Being at the Élysée Palace is a marathon.“. (Paris Match, No: 3889, November 16-22, 2023)

The Lanterne – Originally a hunting lodge, today the French Presidents’ second residence and official retreat in the forests of the Versailles Palace / The Macrons walking in the Lanterne (Photos: Yvelines Infos (left) / Getty Images (right)

Brigitte Macron tells in the interview in Paris Match that the French President doesn’t like to fall asleep, and prefers micro-naps during the days. Praising her husband’s memory and intellectual capacity, she says: “I’ve had many brilliant students, none of whom had his abilities. I’ve always admired him.“.

French President Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte. The couple had met when he was 15 and she his 40-year-old drama teacher. (theguardian.com) / Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron wave goodbye to Ecuador’s President and his wife after a meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris, July 2019 (independent.ie) (Photos by: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/ Getty / Ludovic Marin/AFP)

I enjoyed reading this article and interview in Paris Match and the frank explanations of Brigitte Macron in a sincere tone. It was interesting to learn about the daily routines of the French presidential couple – popular for their incredible love story.

Brigitte Macron is photographed for Paris Match in the Élysée garden in Paris on October 24, 2023 (Getty Images)

Brigitte says in the article: “If I have anything to say to Emmanuel, it’s never in the morning.” and tells that they are alone for the breakfast she makes for him.

We read in the interview that they eat late. Always between 10 and 11 p.m. Brigitte says, and adds: “If he has something to do, he finishes it…. We always have a very light dinner. Sometimes I cook. There are easy recipes on Marmiton. Emmanuel loves soft-boiled eggs.”
The article comments as : “Nothing could be easier, indeed… Brigitte doesn’t specify whether she butters her toast soldiers.” (Paris Match, No: 3889, November 16-22, 2023) (I took note of Marmiton here, referred by Brigitte Macron – a French cousine website (marmiton.org) with jolly practical recipes.)

The Macrons, April 2017 (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon via nationalpost.com) / Brigitte Macron is photographed for Paris Match in her office in Élysée Palace, Paris on October 24, 2023 (Getty)

Reading this interview in Paris Match also gave me a jolly and practical breakfast idea: soft-boiled eggs with buttered toast! – which the Macrons have as a light dinner, and which I have often had and enjoyed as a breakfast since I have read the interview…

Let me share the original script in French from the article in Paris Match:
“... Nous dînons très léger, toujours. Quelquefois je fais la cuisine. Il y a des recettes faciles sur Marmiton. Emmanuel adore les œufs à la coque.” Rien de plus facile en effet… Brigitte ne précise pas si elle beurre ses mouillettes.” (Paris Match, No:3889)

Soft-boiled egg with buttered toast or buttered toast soldiers (Photos: roule-ma-poule.be / atelierdeschefs.fr)

I didn’t used to opt for a soft-boiled egg before, but rather an egg that is neither completely hard-boiled nor soft-boiled (apricot-cooked egg in Turkish). However, I must say that a soft-boiled egg matches perfectly with a buttered toast bread, or buttered strips of toasted bread which you can dip into the soft boiled egg yolk. A piece of French cheese or any may also be added to accompany.

Photos: enviedebienmanger.fr / marmiton.org

A jolly breakfast you must try, also easy to prepare – which the Macron couple inspired me to do so…