Whereas he entered the under-21 French ski team,[3] his mother advised him to opt for an apprenticeship in pastry, safer future than a sports career.

In 1983, Claude began the construction of the four-star Fitz Roy (Relais et Château), the highest hotel in Europe where Édouard Loubet earned his spurs.

[4] After having obtained the "Meilleur Ouvrier de France" title, he joined the Ritz Carlton in Chicago with Fernand Guterez then the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City.

He joined the Brotherhood of Richerenches enclave in the Drôme but belonging to the Vaucluse, one of whose features is the Mass of St. Anthony, where the truffles are offered before being auctioned on the place of village.

[11] Loubet is one of the subjects of Agnès Varda's The Gleaners and I, a French documentary film about people who glean, the practice of picking harvest leftovers.

When asked why he gleans, Loubet describes how his grandparents taught him how to pick food and that he is motivated by the desire to source ingredients locally.