Michel Guérard is a contemporary of Paul Bocuse and the Troisgros brothers. He is the executive chef, pastry chef and restaurant manager of his three-star restaurant, “Les Prés d’Eugénie.” The dean of French chefs traveled from Eugénie-les-Bains (Landes) to Tours (Indre-et-Loire) to attend the Michelin Guide ceremony this Monday.

“Sometimes I wonder what my reaction would be if I lost a star. I will perhaps have difficulty accepting it,” he says.