After Yoann Conte, the yellow guide, who presented its winners of the year this Monday evening, at the Trianon theater in Paris, crowned the chef of Pré Catelan and Jules Verne.
The gastronomic awards season has well and truly begun. After the Lebey which rewarded its best culinary creations at the end of October (starter, foie gras, chocolate dessert, etc.), and before the List (November 25) and the Michelin, whose high mass is scheduled for March 31 at Metz, no less than three guides announced their winners of the year this Monday: Fooding and its prizes with offbeat titles, Pudlo and its Parisian bistros, and Gault&Millau.
The yellow guide, which organized its ceremony in two stages, at the Trianon then at the Élysée Montmartre (Paris), had already announced in advance, like last year, its 24 nominees for six categories, in the style of the Oscars and the Caesar.
Succeeding Yoann Conte is Frédéric Anton, chef of Pré Catelan (Paris 16e), who walks away with the most coveted prize for chef of the year. The chef, also awarded 5 toques and a rating of 19/20 in the guide (but also 3 Michelin stars), won against Glenn Viel (L’Oustau de Baumanière), Jacques Marcon (Régis & Jacques Marcon) and the lesser known Nicolas Masse (Les Sources de Caudalie). Anton, also at the head of Jules Verne, at 2e floor of the Eiffel Tower, recently inaugurated La Ferme du Pré, a more accessible traditional bistro alongside its gourmet restaurant in Bois de Boulogne.
On the sweet side, it’s pastry chef Sébastien Nabaile (La Table de Pavie in Saint-Émilion) who leaves with the trophy. Bastien Debono (La Table de Yoann Conte in Veyrier-du-Lac) is crowned sommelier of the year, Nicolas Brossard (Christopher Coutanceau in La Rochelle), room manager.
Finally, the future is at stake in the Basque Country for the guide launched in 1972 since the “Great of tomorrow” is Clément Guillemot (Choko Ona in Espelette) and the “Young talents”, Brice Goeuriot and Margaux Le Baillif (Nuance in Bayonne ).
