Gault&Millau Tour Normandie 2024

The godfather of the Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024: Édouard Chouteau

The godfather of the Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 is Édouard Chouteau. Who is Édouard Chouteau? At the helm of La Laiterie, a veritable institution in Lille for almost a century, Édouard Chouteau is a true insider. He took his first steps in the restaurant where his parents worked, his father in the kitchen, his mother in the dining room... Read more

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Le Gault&Millau d'Or Hauts-de-France 2024 : Benjamin Delpierre

The Gault&Millau d'Or Hauts-de-France 2024 is Benjamin Delpierre, chef at La Liégeoise restaurant in Wimereux. Who is Benjamin Delpierre? " Our profession is changing, and we have to adapt. "So says Benjamin Delpierre, Gault&Millau d'Or 2024 in Hauts-de-France who, since returning to the family home in 2007, has learned a lot, thought a lot... Read more

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

The Hauts-de-France 2024 Grand de Demain Trophy: Camille Delcroix

The Trophée Grand de Demain Hauts-de-France 2024 is Camille Delcroix, chef at Bacôve restaurant in Saint-Omer. Who is Camille Delcroix? Camille Delcroix's career began in his parents' butcher's shop. "It was a small business, with my brother and sister, helping my mother with the catering side of things", he recalls... Read more

Grand de Demain trophy awarded by our partner Robur

Hauts-de-France 2024 Young Talent Trophy: Clémence Taillandier

The Trophée Jeune Talent Hauts-de-France 2024 is Clémence Taillandier, chef at Pulpe in Lille. Who is Clémence Taillandier? Clémence Taillandier launched her career in the kitchen at the Paul Bocuse Institute, after graduating with a Bac S. A radical and profitable change of direction. It was a radical and profitable change of direction, which enabled her to train with Christopher Coutanceau, Troisgros and Astrance... Read more

The Trophée Techniques d'Excellence Hauts-de-France 2024: Guillaume Guibet

The Trophée Techniques d'Excellence Hauts-de-France 2024 is Guillaume Guibet, chef at Le Verbois in Saint-Maximin. Who is Guillaume Guibet? Le Verbois was created by my grandfather in 1981," says Guillaume Guibet, "Unfortunately, a few months after opening, he died in a car accident. My father, Laurent, who was training in the kitchens of the Negresco in Nice, came back up to take over... Read more

The Terroir d'Exception Hauts-de-France 2024 Trophy: Sébastien Renard

The Trophée Terroir d'Exception Hauts-de-France 2024 is Sébastien Renard, chef at Maison Renard in Béthune. Who is Sébastien Renard? The eldest of four children, Sébastien Renard remembers getting his taste for cooking from his mother." I loved school, I loved learning, and I still love it today," says the man who went on to earn a technical baccalaureate, followed by a BTS in 2014... Read more

Presentation of the Terroir d'Exception trophy by our partner Rougié

Tradition d'Aujourd'hui Trophy Hauts-de-France 2024: Michel Hazebroucq

The Trophée Tradition d'Aujourd'hui Hauts-de-France 2024 is Michel Hazebroucq, from the restaurant La Soubise in Coudekerque-Branche. Who is Michel Hazebroucq? Michel Hazebrouck is first and foremost the man behind a house, Le Soubise, an institution like few others, an unchanging 18th-century inn opposite Fort Louis Park, just a few minutes from the center of Dunkirk... Read more

Trophée Cuisine de la Mer, des Lacs et des Rivières Hauts-de-France 2024 : Olivier Lannoy

The Trophée Cuisine de la Mer, des Lacs et des Rivières Hauts-de-France 2024 is Olivier Lannoy, chef at Le Chatillon in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Who is Olivier Lannoy? My parents ran a bakery near Boulogne-sur-Mer," says Olivier Lannoy, "and they supplied the Hostellerie de la Rivière in Pont-de-Briques, which was one of the best restaurants in the area at the time, but which is now sadly closed. I used to go with my father... Read more

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

Trophée Pâtissier du Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 : Ludovic Soufflet

The Trophée Pâtissier of the Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 is Ludovic Soufflet, restaurant patissier. Who is Ludovic Soufflet? As he himself admits, nothing predestined Ludovic Soufflet for a career as a pastry chef, brought up by parents who loved fine dining, but whose professions were far removed from the world of food... Read more

Presentation of the Pâtissier trophy by our partner Nespresso

Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 Sommelier Trophy: Émilion Buisset

The Sommelier Trophy of the Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 goes to Émilion Buisset, sommelier at the restaurant Saisons - Cave à Manger et à Soif, in La Madeleine. Who is Émilion Buisset? Born in the suburbs of Lille into a family where, as he himself admits, "we preferred beer and uniform wines ", Émilion Buisset was born into a family where, as he himself admits, "we preferred beer and uniform wines".Émilion Buisset didn't become interested in the wine business until quite late in life." I followed a classic schooling path, graduating with a baccalauréat ES, then enrolling in a STAPS university... Read more

Sommelier trophy awarded by our partner Interbeaujolais

Trophée Accueil du Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 : Karine and Thibaut Fourdrinier

The Trophée Accueil of the Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 is awarded to Karine and Thibaut Fourdrinier, of the restaurant La Salle à Manger in Marcq-en-Barœul. Who is Thibaut Fourdrinier? Thibaut Fourdrinier began his studies in the sports-study soccer section. "But I didn't like the system", he explains. His family encouraged him to take up cooking. "I wasn 't a fan and I wasn't very involved. It was the people I met that got me hooked. " ... Read more "When it came time to start my first shift in the restaurant my husband and I had just opened, when I simply asked him what I should do, he replied 'figure it out', but in slightly more flowery terms," says Karine Fourdrinier... Read more

Presentation of the Accueil trophy by our partner Api&You

Trophée Jeune Talent en Salle Hauts-de-France 2024 : Linda Gambart

The Prix Jeune Talent en Salle Hauts-de-France 2024 is awarded to Linda Gambart, of Les Margats de Raoul restaurant in Audinghen. Who is Linda Gambart? Although she never attended a hotel management school, Linda Gambart makes up for her lack of theoretical training with a long experience of the trade and an innate sense of interpersonal skills. When I was younger,"she explains, "I started out as a driver/accompanist for disabled children in the Boulogne area. ... Read more

Presentation of the Welcome trophy by our partner BeWtr

Trophée Cuisine des Prairies et des Pâturages du Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 : Mickaël Braure

The Gault&Millau Tour Hauts-de-France 2024 Cuisine des Prairies et des Pâturages Trophy goes to Mickaël Braure, chef at Rillons restaurant in Templeuve-en-Pévèle. Who is Mickaël Braure? A physical handicap can often prove decisive in a person's life. Mickaël Braure's color-blindness is invisible in everyday life, but for the teenager who dreamed of being an electromechanic, it was clearly an insurmountable handicap. " At college, they suggested I take up cooking... Read more

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