Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024

The godfather of the Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024: Christophe Hay

The godfather of the Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Christohe Hay, chef at the restaurant Christophe Hay - Fleur de Loire in Blois. Who is Christohe Hay? Born in Vendôme, just a few kilometers from the restaurant where we named him Cook of the Year in our 2021 guide, Christophe Hay, a child from a modest background ... Read more

Le Gault&Millau d'Or Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Guillaume Foucault

The Gault&Millau d'Or Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Guillaume Foucault, chef at Le Grand Chaume restaurant in Chaumont-sur-Loire. Who is Guillaume Foucault? Guillaume Foucault didn't dream of being a chef, "but rather an architect, fish farmer, forest manager or hunter..." ... Read more

Presentation of the Gault&Millau d'Or trophy by our partners Bonnet Thirode

The Grand de Demain Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Trophy: Clément Dumont

The Trophée Grand de Demain Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Clément Dumont, chef at Arbore & Sens in Loches. Who is Clément Dumont? Born in 1995 in Saumur, but raised in Chinon, Clément Dumont didn't apprentice under the skirts of a mother who was a chef... Read more

Grand de Demain trophy presented by our partner Robur

The Jeune Talent Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Trophy: Tony Laurent-Perrot

The Trophée Jeune Talent Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Tony Laurent-Perrot, chef at restaurant Plūm in Châteauroux. Who is Tony Laurent-Perrot? Born in 1994 in Châteauroux, Tony Laurent-Perrot didn't grow up in a restaurant family. " I wasn't a bad pupil at school, but I was, and still am, a great dreamer... Read more

The Trophée Techniques d'Excellence Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Nicolas Coutand

The winner of the Trophée Techniques d'Excellence Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Nicolas Coutand, chef at Les Genêts restaurant in Brem-sur-Mer. Who is Nicolas Coutand? It's 2010, and the restaurant is called Les Remparts. It was a curious coincidence that a young chef from Vendée who had strayed to the Pyrenees - after stints at Abadie's and Castel Marie-Louise in La Baule - met the investigator... Read more

The Terroir d'Exception Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Trophy: Simon Desiles

The Terroir d'Exception Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Trophy goes to Simon Desiles, chef at L'Aigle d'Or restaurant in Azay-le-Rideau. Who is Simon Desiles? When you grow up, as Simon Desiles did, in a hamlet of 300 inhabitants in the heart of the Sarthe countryside, between a stay-at-home mother and a father who, as much out of passion as to improve the ordinary life of the little family... Read more

Trophée Tradition d'Aujourd'hui Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Mickaël Landaud

The Trophée Tradition d'Aujourd'hui Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Mickaël Landaud, chef at Le Beauvoir restaurant in Bourges. Who is Mickaël Landaud? Mickaël Landaud is viscerally attached to the Berry regionwhere he was born, grew up and settled with his wife. As a child, he lived in Saint-Doulchard... Read more

Trophée Cuisine de la Mer, des Lacs et des Rivières Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Boris Harispe

The winner of the Cuisine de la Mer, des Lacs et des Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 trophy is Boris Harispe, chef at L'Abissiou in Les Sables d'Olonnes. Who is Boris Harispe? After tasting a yoghurt ice cream, Boris Harispe was predestined to become an ice cream and chocolate maker. But after setting foot in a kitchen during an internship, the teenager changed his mind... Read more

Presentation of the Cuisine de la Mer, des Lacs et des Rivières trophy by our partners Kaviari

Trophée Pâtissier du Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Jérémie Bousseau

The Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Pâtissier Trophy goes to Jérémie Bousseau, head pastry chef at the Anne de Bretagne restaurant in La Plaine sur Mer. Who is Jérémie Bousseau? Does Jérémie Bousseau come from a family of restaurateurs? Not at all, " he says, " My father was a factory worker, my mother a housewife, but on the other hand, we're all great gourmets... Read more

Award of the Pâtissier trophy by our partner Nespresso

Sommelier Trophy of the Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Hugo Vasseur

The Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Sommelier Trophy goes to Hugo Vasseur, sommelier at the Fleur de Loire restaurant in Blois. Who is Hugo? Like all schoolchildren who, by the time they reach ninth grade, don't yet know which road to take, which career to embrace, Hugo Vasseur was in the dark... Read more

Sommelier trophy awarded by our Alliance Loire partners

Trophée Accueil du Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Gauthier Venter and Marine Abeil

The Trophée Accueil of the Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 is Gauthier Venter and Marine Abeil, from the restaurant L'Ardoise d'Audrey et Nico in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. Who are they? He's Belgian, she grew up in the Yvelines, they met in Lyon and opened a restaurant in the heart of Orléans. These young parents have chosen to be just the two of them to welcome their customers at Maga... full article

Our partners Api&You present the Welcome trophy

Trophée Jeune Talent en Salle Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Marine Péaud

The Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 Young Indoor Talent Trophy goes to Marine Péaud. Who is Marine Péaud? Is life a matter of chance and opportunity? Young Marine Péaud, who receives our Jeune Talent Service en Salle trophy for her outstanding work at the Grand Four in Noirmoutier, might well think so... Read more

Presentation of the Jeune Talent en Salle trophy by our partner Be WTR

Trophée Cuisine des Prairies et des Pâturages du Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 : Marie Gricourt

The Cuisine des Prairies et des Pâturages Trophy of the Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2024 goes to Marie Gricourt, chef at L'Antonelle restaurant in Arles. Who is Marie Gricourt? Like many cooks of her generation, Marie Gricourt chose to follow a classical education, obtaining a general baccalaureatebefore embarking on a career in the restaurant trade... Read more

Presentation of the Cuisine des Prairies et des Pâturages trophy by our partner Interbev