Nantes is in good shape. The city and its chefs have just been distinguished by La Liste's 2025 international ranking. Known for its title of Best Restaurant in the World, it also awards special prizes such as that of the new gastronomic destination.
Nantes and four of its leaders took the podium in this category in the local selection (England came first in the international selection). The ranking cites Mathieu Pérou from Manoir de la Régate on the banks of the Erdre, Sarah Mainguy and her two Nantes restaurants Vacarme and Freia, Lucie Berthier and her restaurant Sépia, as well as Éric Guérin, chef of La Mare aux oiseaux in Saint- Joachim, in Brière.
For more than ten years, Voyage à Nantes has been developing and encouraging events around eating well: La Nuit des Tables de Nantes, Le Grand Marché des Pays de la Loire, Nantes Food Forum, Les Dîners Secrets, Le Champ des Producteurs, etc. . He publishes the Tables de Nantes guide every year, which highlights the good addresses in the area.
“Ten years ago, Nantes was an outsider”
« Since the first edition, in 2011, the gastronomic landscape has changed: ten years ago, Nantes was an outsider of French cuisine. Today, it comes to titillate cities whose reputation is well established, such as Lyon or Strasbourg. confirms Richard Baussay, culinary promotion manager at Voyage à Nantes. A reputation built on “the wealth of the network of local producers and Muscadet winegrowers, a great playground ».
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The List is based on opinions, articles, reviews published on restaurants in guides, newspapers, blogs, etc. It claims “one thousand one hundred diverse sources, from the most recognized (such as Michelin, Gault et Millau, the New York Times, Le Figaro, etc.) to the most recent (such as the Chinese guide Black Pearl)”.
