Gault&Millau, a talent scout for more than 40 years, supports several promising chefs in their projects each year thanks to: "La Dotation Gault&Millau pour les Jeunes Talents" (The Gault&Millau Endowment for Young Talents).
In a nutshell, the Gault&Millau Endowment for Young Talent consists of :
- a grant of equipment and products donated by our partners ;
- an endowment in kind, given by our partners at the opening of the endowed restaurant;
- support from Gault&Millau's expert networks, and direct support from Gault&Millau in dealing with the public and financial bodies that the endowed chefs apply to;
- 4 events a year organized in several regions of France to present the prizes.
Are you a young chef planning to open your first restaurant in the near future, and are you interested in this project?
Then don't hesitate any longer, and send us your application by logging on to our website entirely dedicated to the Endowment: .
Do you know a young chef who might be interested in this Endowment? Then talk to them. As this event is in the service of tomorrow's French cuisine, we would be delighted and grateful to count a young person of your acquaintance among the beneficiaries of this "helping hand"!
What's more, Gault&Millau will be opening up the Endowment to Artisan Bakers in 2021, so don't hesitate to send us your applications now!
A look back at our 4 Gault&Millau Endowments for Young Talent in 2019
©HRV Etape 3 - Dotation Gault&Millau pour les Jeunes Talents at the Shangri-La Hotel Paris (September 16, 2019)
©HRV Etape 4 - - Gault&Millau endowment for Young Talents at Maison Chabran
(October 7, 2019)
©HRV Etape 2 - Dotation Gault&Millau pour les Jeunes Talents aux Jardins du Pont Neuf (May 20, 2019)
©HRV Etape 1 - Dotation Gault&Millau pour les Jeunes Talents au Prince Noir (March 23, 2019)
Tomorrow's chefs
Gault&Millau Tour Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2025
On the occasion of the presentation of the latest guide dedicated to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Gault&Millau honored the chefs and players in these territories this Monday, June 16, 2025.the event took place at Hangar 14. The day before, winners and Gault&Millau partners attended a dinner at the Table de Pavie.
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Gault&Millau Tour Bretagne 2025
On the occasion of the presentation of the latest guide dedicated to the Brittany region, Gault&Millau honored the chefs and players in these territories on Monday June 3, 2024.the event took place at Domaine Le Mezo. The day before, winners and Gault&Millau partners attended a dinner at Domaine Le Mezo, hosted by chefs Emmanuel Kouri, Florent Legros, Kevin Gatin and Franck Geuffroy.
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Gault&Millau Tour Occitanie-Andorre 2025
On the occasion of the presentation of the latest guide dedicated to the Occitanie-Andorre region, Gault&Millau honored the chefs and players in these territories this Monday, May 13, 2024.the event took place at the Orangerie du Château Hermitage de Combas. The day before, winners and Gault&Millau partners attended a dinner at Restaurant Matthieu de Lauzun, hosted by chef Matthieu de Lauzun.
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Gault&Millau Tour Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse-Monaco 2025
On the occasion of the presentation of the latest guide dedicated to the PACA region, Gault&Millau honored the chefs and players in these territories on Monday, March 11, 2024.the event took place at the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille. The day before, winners and Gault&Millau partners attended a dinner at the restaurant Le K du Château de la Gaude in Aix-en-Provence, hosted by chef Matthieu Dupuis-Baumal.
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Gault&Millau Tour Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire 2025
On the occasion of the presentation of the latest guide dedicated to the Centre-Val de Loire - Pays de la Loire region, on Monday March 17, 2025, Gault&Millau honored the chefs and culinary professionals of these territories.the event took place at the Orangerie du Château du Parc Saint-Lambert. The day before, winners and Gault&Millau partners attended a dinner at Les Petits Prés restaurant in Angers, hosted by chefs Loïs Bée and Samuel Albert.
Tomorrow's chefs
The Dotation Jeunes Talents Gault&Millau (DJT) rewards the bold who set out to create a restaurant. Gault&Millau detects and finds those with entrepreneurial potential. Focus on the DJT Sud-Ouest 2024, which took place on December 9, 2024 at theÉcole Hôtelière de Biarritz.
The winners of the Dotation Jeunes Talents Sud-Ouest 2024 are...
Maxime Chentouf
An alumnus of the highly-regarded Lycée Hôtelier de Saint-Nazaire, Maxime Chentouf trained with Philippe Vételé (Anne de Bretagne, La Plaine-sur-Mer), and has worked in the kitchens of some of the world's top hotels... Read more
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Stéphane Lapeyre
Once again, the CV of our winner of the Dotation Jeunes Talents is not overflowing with prestigious names and awards ofallkinds. Stéphane Lapeyre was born and bred in the magnificent Aure valley of the... full article
Julien Caligo
Although his first experience as an apprentice chef was in a modest brasserie in Nîmes, the talented Julien Caligo is a regular at some of the finest establishments: le Castellas in Collias, le Kilimandjaro in Courchevel, Michel Rostang, Baumanière, La Villa Madie, le Castellet with Christophe Bacquié... Read more
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Sponsor of the Dotation Jeunes Talents Sud-Ouest 2024: Xabi Ibarboure
The sponsor of the Dotation Jeunes Talents Sud-Ouest 2024 is Xabi Ibarboure, chef of the restaurant La Table des Frères Ibarboure in Bidart.
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You can find all the Dotation Jeunes Talents winners and their establishments on our website, in the Dotation Gault&Millausection . And of course, if you're planning to open a new restaurant, don't hesitate to apply next year.
Gault&Millau would like to extend its warmest thanks to its partners who took part in the Dotation Jeunes Talents Gault&Millau Sud-Est: de Buyer / Bonnet Thirode / Robur / Rougié / Nespresso / Winterhalter / Be Wtr / Sysco / Elle&Vire / 14Septembre and the Avignon Hotel School for its hospitality.
