Youth has the French spoon (5)
I believe the answer is:
ladle
'spoon' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'youth has the french' is the wordplay.
'youth' becomes 'lad' (lad means a young man).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'lad'+'le'='LADLE'
(Other definitions for ladle that I've seen before include "one in 10 [GRUEL] ?" , "Serving implement" , "Long-handled spoon for serving soup" , "give out" , "Scoop" .)