UPDATE: The 2012 winners have just been announced, so click here for this year’s tally!
In the Culinary world it’s the equivalent of the Oscars: today 2011 Michelin Guide was unveiled, and for France the losers outnumbered the winners. Here are the results for the Cote d’Azur:
Three stars – no change:
Louis XV in Monaco, Chef Alain Ducasse
Gained a second star:
Villa Archange in Cannes-Le Cannet
Kept their two stars:
La Réserve de Beaulieu & Spa in Beaulieu-sur-Mer
La Palme d’Or in Cannes
Château de la Chèvre d’Or in Èze
L’Oasis in Mandelieu-La Napoule
Joël Robuchon in Monte-Carlo
Hostellerie Jérôme in La Turbie
Le St-Martin in Vence
Demoted from two stars to one:
La Bastide Saint-Antoine in Grasse
First time to get a star:
Bistrot de la Marine – Chef Jacques Maximin in Cros-de-Cagnes
Mon Rêve de Gosse in Cannes
Vistamar in Monte-Carlo
Flaveur in Nice
Lost their star:
Bacon in Antibes
Le Pavillon (Hotel Impérial Garoupe) in Antibes
Paris Rome in Menton
Grill de l’Hôtel de Paris in Monte-Carlo
Le Saint-Paul in Saint-Paul de Vence
www.nicematin.com/article/derniere-minute/cinq-nouveaux-etoiles-au-guide-michelin-sur-la-cote-dazur
- Related page: Best Restaurants in Nice – Top Tier
- Related post: 2012 Michelin update
I hope Bistro d’Antoine avoids the star stigma so that the best resto in Nice
doesn’t have to dress up the staff and hire a sommelier.