The Michelin guide rewarded 62 restaurants in France during its ceremony in Tours, including that of the Table du Castellet, in the Var.
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The revenge of the second? Fabien Ferré, now alone at the helm of the Table du Castellet, in the Var, entered the history of the Michelin guide on Monday March 18 for having won three stars at once at the age of 35, an extremely rare feat (only the third time in thirty years) and the youngest chef at this level. The last to achieve gold without going through silver and bronze was Arnaud Donckele, in Paris, in 2022, for the restaurant of the Cheval Blanc Paris hotel, a jewel of the LVMH group.
La Table du Castellet is also backed by a very luxurious hotel, a five-star hotel between Toulon and Marseille, which until 2022 was the Provençal kingdom of chef Christophe Bacquié, three stars in 2018. Currently closed, the restaurant must reopen on April 5. “I decided to take over the future to continue writing history while expressing my identity as a leader and, in turn, leading my team towards excellence. It is an enormous daily challenge and I am happy to be able to experience this moment with my close colleagues!”declared Fabien Ferré to AFP.
Eight new two-star restaurants
The restaurant Le Gabriel by Jérôme Banctel, in Paris, previously two stars, also obtained a third macaron. These two new three stars, compared to one last year, bring the number of triple-starred addresses in France to 30, after the demotion two weeks ago of the Meilleur family restaurant, La Bouitte, in Savoie.
The 2024 vintage also includes eight new two-star restaurants. Among them, Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe Cussac, at the Métropole hotel in Monaco, and the legendary Jules Verne, on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, directed by chef Frédéric Anton.
A record number of 52 new restaurants obtained a first badge, with a clear concentration in Paris, the South-East, the South-West and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. In total, the Michelin guide rewarded 62 restaurants in France during its ceremony in Tours.