MICHELIN GUIDE. This Monday, March 18, 2024, the red guide unveiled its list of 2024 starred restaurants in France. Chefs Jérôme Banctel of Le Gabriel in Paris and Fabien Ferré of La Table du Castellet in Var win the Grail. Discover the Michelin ranking.
The Michelin guide unveiled its 2024 list of starred restaurants in France on Monday March 18 from the city of Tours. The management of the Michelin Guide announced 62 establishments promoted in 2024, compared to 44 in 2023. “It’s a superb selection which demonstrates in quality and quantity the culinary dynamism of France on the world stage, and not just for its achievements,” announced the boss of the red guide Gwendal Poullennec.
In total, France now has 28 three-star restaurants with two new crowned chefs: chef Jérôme Banctel who officiates at the Gabriel, at the Hôtel La Réserve in the 8th arrondissement of Parisas well as the chef Fabien Ferré at the head of La Table du Castellet, a gourmet restaurant in a 5-star hotel in the village of Castellet in the Var. The latter, barely 35 years old, suddenly won the title, and at the same time became the youngest French chef to be awarded three stars in France.
“I feel like I won the World Cup final!” reacted Fabien Ferré on the microphone ofEurope 1 Monday evening. Asked what made the difference, the little extra of his cuisine, the thirty-year-old felt that “today, it’s a cuisine of passion, a cuisine of producers, a cuisine of the heart” which won. Transmitting emotions, surprising, always having a “fairly impactful” sauce, this would also be the recipe for success, according to him. The president of the PACA region, Renaud Muselier, also welcomed the success of Fabien Ferré on. “Our regional talents shine and make our entire territory shine!” he rejoiced. Reacting to the third Michelin star of his mentor, Jérôme Banctel, Antonin Marchand, for his part, did not hide his emotion. “I just cried,” he told The mountain. And the one who was his student added: “It is so deserved since the time he has been waiting for it.”
In the rest of the list, eight new chefs received a second star including Frédéric Anton from the restaurant Le Jules Verne, located on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.. Finally, 52 establishments received a star for the first time, including 12 Parisian restaurants. Among the demotions, chefs René and Maxime Meilleur lost their 3 stars and chef Pascal Bastian lost his 2nd star. Find the list of 3 stars, 2 stars and 1 star summarized in detail below:
The 2024 Michelin Guide ceremony presented in Tours this Monday, March 18, 2024 announced 62 new three-, two- and one-star stars in more than forty municipalities in France, as well as the specific prices for the service, the sommelier, without forgetting the stars green awards which reward restaurants committed to sustainable gastronomy.
To obtain 3 stars, a restaurant must produce “remarkable cuisine, a table worth the trip”. The Michelin Guide awarded three stars to the restaurant Le Gabriel in Paris, run by Jérôme Banctel, as well as to La Table du Castellet at the Hôtel & Spa du Castellet in the Var, run by the young chef Fabien Ferré, aged barely 35 years old. In total, there are 28 establishments awarded 3 stars in the Michelin Guide France 2024. As for demotions, the Michelin guide has already announced that the restaurant La Bouitte en Savoie, by chefs René and Maxime Meilleur, has lost its 3 stars, only to return 2 stars.
According to the Michelin guide, an establishment that earns two stars offers “excellent cuisine and a restaurant that is worth a detour”. Eight new restaurants have joined the circle of two stars in the Michelin Guide France in 2024:
- The Jules Verne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Maison Ruggieri in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
- L’Orangerie in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Maison Kervarrec in Saint-Grégoire
- The Benoît Vidal House in Annecy
- Sylvestre Wahid Les Grandes Alpes in Courchevel
- Mas Les Eydins in Bonnieux
- The Ambassadors by Christophe Cussac in Monaco
One star indicates “very good cuisine in its category”. This year, 52 restaurants won a first star in the Michelin Guide France 2024. Discover the list of new stars:
- Swordfish in Paris 1st
- Nhome in Paris 1st
- All-Paris in Paris 1st
- Sushi Yoshinaga in Paris 2nd
- Datil in Paris 3rd
- Hemicycle in Paris 7th
- Galangal in Paris 8th
- Maison Dubois in Paris 8th
- Onor in Paris 8th
- Geosmine in Paris 11th
- Chakaiseiki Akiyoshi in Paris 15th
- White in Paris 16th
- La Vieille Auberge in Villeneuve-le-Comte in Seine-et-Marne
- L’Atelier des Augustins in Lyon in the Rhône
- Burgundy by Matthieu in Lyon in the Rhône
- Louise in Lorient in Morbihan
- Ar Men Du in Névez in Finistère
- SEVEN in Toulouse in Aude
- ONICE in Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes
- Roots of Bruno Cirino in Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes
- L’Impulsif in Châtel-Guyon in Puy-de-Dôme
- The Cin5 in La Clusaz in Haute-Savoie
- Alpine pasture in Courchevel in Savoie
- Mont Blanc Restaurant & Snack Bar in Hauteluce in Savoie
- The Auberge de Lucinges in Haute-Savoie
- AinTimiste in Poncin in Ain
- Chamarlenc in Puy-en-Velay in Haute-Loire
- Maison Rosella by Francesco Di Marzio in Port-Lesney in the Jura
- 12th Century Inn in Saché in Indre-et-Loire
- The K in Montenach in Moselle
- La Verrière in Olmeto in South Corsica
- Bacôve in Saint-Omer in Pas-de-Calais
- Auberge de la Grive in Trosly-Loire in Aisne
- Picking in Altillac in Corrèze
- Mother-of-pearl in Arès in Gironde
- Le Petit Léon in Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère in Dordogne
- The Cooperative-Domaine Riberach in Bélesta in the Pyrénées-Orientales
- Chalice in Béziers in Hérault
- Château de Collias in Gard
- Émilie&Thomas at Moulin de Cambelong in Conques-en-Rouergue in Aveyron
- Auberge de la Forge in Lavalette in Aude
- Restaurant Hervé Busset in Rodez in Aveyron
- The Cedar of Montcaud in Sabran in the Gard
- L’Almandin in Saint-Cyprien in the Pyrénées-Orientales
- The Saint Hilaire in Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas in the Gard
- The Priory in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard
- La Bastide Bourrelly-Mathias Dandine in Calas-Cabriès in Bouches-du-Rhône
- The Champ des Lunes in Lauris in Vaucluse
- Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule in the Alpes-Maritimes
- Le Feuillée-le Couvent des Minimes in Mane in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- La Table de l’Orangerie-Château de Fonscolombe in Puy-Sainte-Réparade in Bouches-du-Rhône
- La Terrasse-Cheval Blanc St-Tropez in the Var
According to the Michelin Guide, these establishments “are distinguished by their good value for money and offer, for lunch and dinner, at least a complete menu for a maximum price of around forty euros”. In 2024, 56 new “accessible” restaurants have been distinguished. Discover the list updated March 6, 2023.
Michelin Guide inspectors, around forty in total, travel across France and Europe to award stars to a restaurant according to five criteria: the quality of the products, the personality of the cuisine (i.e. creativity), the mastery of cooking and flavors, the quality/price ratio as well as the consistency in the quality of the dishes offered. Avant-garde restaurants, traditional inns, remarkable institutions, the selected restaurants all bear witness to the richness of French heritage.
The 2024 edition of the Michelin France guide will be released on Friday March 22, 2024 at the price of 29 euros.
Since 1900, the Michelin guide has listed good restaurants. Originally, the guide was offered to car drivers, it indicated railway stations, post offices, doctors, pharmacists, hotels and restaurants. If initially, the stars indicated the price category of the restaurants, they soon came to represent the quality of the establishment on the following basis: one star means excellent cuisine in its category, two stars indicate a restaurant that is worth a detour , and finally, three stars highlight exceptional cuisine, a restaurant that is worth the trip.
Historically, the Michelin guide indicated good restaurants for drivers who traveled the roads of France. This is still true: a large number of houses are still located near the national 7, a busy road linking Paris to the South of France. Many of today’s 3 stars are the legacy of ancestral houses taken over by the younger generation, like Maison Pic, Lameloise, Maison Troisgros…