Lolo French Antiques et More

LAURENT GOUON IS THE OWNER and founder of Lolo French Antiques et More. Lolo, as he is affectionately known, has the French sense of joie de vivre. He puts the joy of living into every aspect of his life, whether furniture, food, family or folly. 

Lolo attended a French culinary school in his early teens, but wanderlust found him in the United States by the age of seventeen. While working as a carpenter on a sailboat, he realized his passion for working with his hands. He chartered his own boat through the Caribbean, entertaining vacationers with his storytelling and cooking abilities. Eventually he landed back in the South, working as Chef in a Miami hotspot and having adventures of the urban/celebrity kind.