Chervil is related to herbs like parsely, which are able to survive winter. It originates from the south of Europe and West - Asia. Chervil was taken to North - Europe by the Romans, who mainly used is as medicine. Chervil has to be bred in moist, shallow, humus ground.
Chervil is generally known as a kitchen herb. In Belgium, for instance, Chervil soup is a well known specialty. Usually, for breeding one-year old chervil is being used because these are most aromatic.
