Like every year, the
Michelin Guide
rewarded, during a ceremony held at the Palais des Congrès in Tours in the Loiret, restaurants whose cuisine is as exceptional as it is daring by awarding its precious stars.
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700 chefs from all over France were present to attend the 115th edition of this unmissable gastronomy event.
The 2023 vintage includes 62 newly-starred restaurants: two 3-starred, eight double-starred while 52 addresses won their first star, 23 of which were opened during the year.
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Over the years, many former
“Top Chef”
candidates have been honored with the coveted macaroons, allowing the culinary competition to further establish its notoriety.
Young chefs represent, in fact, the next generation of French cuisine.
In 2023, four of them were honored with a first star by the Michelin guide: Jordan Yuste (season 11) for his restaurant L'arrivage, in Sète, Thibaut Spiwack (season 13) with his establishment Anona in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Nicolas Seibold (season 7) with La Mutinerie à Lyon and finally Mallory Gabsi (season 11) for his eponymous establishment.
The 26-year-old also won the Young Chef prize.
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29 former candidates honored over the years
However, the years go by but are not the same for the participants of the famous M6 culinary competition.
During this 2024 vintage, only one representative was, in fact, honored with a first macaron.
Camille Delcroix
, winner of season 9 of “Top Chef” in 2018 and protégé of Philippe Etchebest in the competition, won this distinction.
The chef, originally from Nord-Pas-de-Calais, chose to open a restaurant in his native region in Saint-Omer with his wife Carla Loxemand who works in the restaurant.
Named Bacôve, named after an emblematic boat of the region, the establishment was also distinguished in March 2023 by the Gault & Millau guide which awarded it the prize for “Cuisine of the sea, lakes and rivers” .
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The cook, who dreamed of becoming Meilleur Ouvrier de France at the end of the M6 competition, studied with Marc Meurin in the two-star restaurant Château de Beaulieu in Busnes.
When his name was announced, Camille Delcroix was particularly applauded.
Thanks to his star, the chef completes the long list of former “Top Chef” candidates already awarded one or more macaroons.
There are now 29 of them to have been honored by the famous red guide.
Note that Frédéric Anton, former juror of the amateur culinary competition “MasterChef”, broadcast on TF1 then on France 2, was honored with two stars for Le Jules Verne, the restaurant at the Eiffel Tower.
Danny Khezzar, revelation of season 14 of “Top Chef” broadcast last year on M6, could also have been honored but the young man works in Geneva in Michel Roth's Bayview restaurant, of which he took charge last June .
However, the Swiss Michelin Guide announced its stars in October 2023. During this ceremony, the cook still confirmed the first macaroon for which the restaurant was already distinguished.