Bon viveur

As a bon vivant (French bon vivant, Living Well ') refers to a person who is the gentle way of life dedicated to, especially good food. An alternative name is sensualist. The fact that there are different understandings of the term, is an anecdote from the Franco-German War. As the triumphant German Empire occupied France in 1871, some actors wanted to savor the victory in the sense of a bon vivant French style. Especially Bismarck but this interpreted rather as an opportunity for gluttony and excess. The rollicking German Chancellor was coming toward him, among other things turkey pies, wild boar heads and Reinsfelder ham. His beloved sauerkraut cooked him in champagne. In fact, a bon vivant for the French was already rather someone who could keep these things in measure, so it could well understand to life.

Bon vivant was used by the chefs Fanny and Johnnie Cradock in Byline her column in the Daily Telegraph as a self-designation.

Bon vivant and playboy are hedonists and, most likely, bon vivants. For them, but are not the good life or the good food and drink in the foreground, but other pleasures.