Amazement in the world of gastronomy: the Relais Bernard Loiseau has lost its third star! Dominique Loiseau, widow of Bernard Loiseau and president of the eponymous group, said she was “shocked” Monday of the loss of the third star of the flagship institution of the group in Saulieu (Côte-d’Or), the Relais Bernard Loiseau, Since 1991 three-star by the Michelin guide. “I am shocked and very disappointed that Michelin has decided to close the Relais Bernard Loiseau’s restaurant, after 25 years, in the category 2 stars,” she wrote in an email distributed to those around him, including the Agency France-Presse has obtained a copy, while the 2016 edition of the guide is being shown in Paris Monday morning. “With the Relais Bernard Loiseau team, we will make every effort, our energy, to get that star! This is our challenge for 2016 “, she has said.
Tribute to Benoît Violier
The restaurant Alain Ducasse at Le Meurice, another Parisian luxury hotel, has also was demoted from three to two stars.
Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée, and the restaurant Le Cinq, under the leadership of chef Christian Le Squer at the hotel George V, are the new three Michelin stars. “It pleases me to say that we can live without the Michelin stars, but we live much better with! “For its part reacted Alain Ducasse. “This is the eighth time I have three stars, they have removed me four or five times, I lost count, and counting! “
Before the announcement of the 2016 record, a minute of silence was observed by the audience in honor of the Franco-Swiss chef Benoît Violier, 44, who ran the City Hotel Restaurant Crissier, near Lausanne, three stars by the Swiss edition of the guide.
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