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The Gault&Millau gastronomic guide has once again honoured Luxembourg's most talented chefs in its annual award ceremony at the Parc Hotel Alvisse on Monday.
François Jagut, chef of the Les Roses restaurant at the Casino 2000 in Mondorf-les-Bains, was voted Chef of the Year 2025, thereby succeeding Louis Linster from restaurant Lea Linster.
According to the guide, the award is in recognition of Jagut's "perseverance, creativity, and evolution". The recognition comes only two years after Gault&Millau honoured Thierry Corona, the Les Roses sommelier who was about to retire at the time.
Laurent Fery, director of Gault&Millau Luxembourg, describes the 44-year-old chef of Les Roses, who has been working in the kitchens of Casino 2000 for several years, as "a curious and observant chef by nature, who likes to question himself" and further highlights the "evolution of his cuisine towards more modernity and lightness". The restaurant was also awarded its third 'Chef's Hat' with a score of 15.5/20, putting it "back on a par with its heyday".
"Given the chef's youth", adds the guide, "we're banking on even more progress."
Other awards presented included the "Young Chef of the Year," which this year has a distinctly feminine touch. Anne Knepper, from the restaurant Public House located in Luxembourg's casino, received the accolade. The 27-year-old chef impressed the judges with the "freshness and finesse of her locally sourced dishes, featuring freshwater fish and regional game, complemented by natural wines and her exceptional sourdough bread". Laurent Fery noted that the chef "advocates for sustainability by recycling her waste, aligning perfectly with her youth and the contemporary challenges of her time, additional arguments that convinced us."
17,5 for Louis Linster, 15 for l'Apdikt and Grünewald Chef’s table
In addition to the score of 15.5/20 awarded to the restaurant Les Roses, ten other establishments have seen their ratings improve in the latest edition of the yellow guide. Notably, ‘Léa Linster’ by chef Louis Linster, the Chef of the Year 2024, has risen to a score of 17.5.
Clovis Degrave's Grünewald Chef’s table climbed to 15 points, winning its third toque, as did the award-winning Matthieu Van Wetteren's l'Apdikt. The Skybar in Bertrange's City Concorde shopping centre and La Maison Lefèvre in Esch-sur-Alzette both achieved scores of 14, while Baptiste Heugens's restaurant Équilibrium, in Clausen, scored 13.5. As for the rest, Bonifas in Nospelt and L’Hêtre Beim Musée, Le Bistro du Sommelier and Radici, all in the capital, all scored 12.5.
La Maison Lefèvre and La Grünewald Chef’s table were the only two restaurants to increase their scores by a point, while the others scored an extra half point.
As for Luxembourg's most renowned establishments, Ma Langue Sourit (18,5), La Distillerie (18), Mosconi (17), Fani (17) and Ryôdô (16), the status quo was maintained.
Clairefontaine, which lost its Michelin star two and a half years ago, lost one point in the latest ranking, dropping from 16 to 15.
New for this seventh edition of the Luxembourgish rankings: all restaurants with at least 12 points obtained one toque, while those scoring 13-14.5 received two toques.
A major change has occurred at the top of Luxembourg's most renowned establishments: Clairefontaine, which lost its Michelin star two and a half years ago, has dropped a point, going from 16 to 15. As for the rest, it's status quo: Ma Langue Sourit (18.5), La Distillerie (18), Mosconi (17), Fani (17), and Ryôdô (16).
A number of restaurants were removed from the guide, including SixSeven in the capital.
Each year for the past 7 years, Gault&Millau has published a guide to the best chefs, restaurants, brasseries, bars and chocolatiers, as well as a selection of Luxembourg's best vineyards "les Stars de la Moselle".
🍴 Further reading:
🍛 Louis Linster crowned 'Chef of the Year' by Gault&Millau
🦞 Gault&Millau winners 2023
🍣 Gault&Millau winners 2022
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