Our best pastry chef of 2017 is now best pastry chef of the world 2024

Mathieu Dubus | 6/6/24

The climb continues for Nina Métayer, Gault&Millau's 2017 Best Pastry Chef of the Year. On the night of June 5-6, 2024, she won the title of World's Best Pastry Chef at a ceremony in Las Vegas.

The chef is a rising star in the pastry world. However, her initial career was not closely linked to pastry-making. She started out as a baker. After honing her skills in La Rochelle, she moved to Australia to work. It was there that she discovered the world of pastry-making in Melbourne. On her return to France, she took a CAP in pastry-making, before starting her career as a pastry chef at Le Meurice alongside Yannick Alléno. With a wealth of experience behind her, she was voted Gault&Millau's best pastry chef of the year in 2017. The promise of a great career that continues to this day...

A growing list of awards

A new award has been added to the trophy cabinet of one of France's leading pastry chefs. Nina Métayer, already the recipient of numerous distinctions, is back at it again. The young chef, from Normandy by adoption, is crowned with another prestigious title. On the evening of Wednesday June 5, 2024, The World's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony was held in Las Vegas. In addition to its ranking of addresses, the event offers a number of other awards, including that of best pastry chef. The 36-year-old was awarded this title, adding another line to her already impressive list of honors.

In a world where women have yet to be honored to any great extent, the Frenchwoman plays a truly avant-garde role, thanks to her talent and hard work. The organizers of the ranking said that her "sculptural creations have attracted worldwide attention". These creations took shape in a laboratory in Yvelines. So, if you'd like to discover Nina Métayer's world, you can order online from her Délicatesserie website. And if you live in Paris, you can find some of her creations at Café Clotilde in the 5th arrondissement and Printemps du Goût in the 9th arrondissement.

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