#1 on their list is Anne Alassane who won Master Chef last year, and who has converted her family’s stable in Mantauban (82000) into a farm auberge called La Pays-Anne but where one must order meats, such as shoulder of lamb, in advance.
#2 is Pierre Auge, a finalist on Top Chef 1, is involved with a tapas/rendez-vous with pals place called La Maison de Petit Pierre in Beziers (34500) where he is only around at the start of the service.
#3 is Brice Morvant, a semi-finalist on Top Chef 1, who runs a counter resto at the St-Martin covered market in the 10th called Au Comptoir de Brice, that was nicely reviewed in l’Express. He mans his post all the time.
#4 is Alexandre Dionisio, another semi-finalist on Top Chef 1, who runs the elegant and chic bistro, Alexandre, in Brussels, and is also there all the time.
#5 is Paul-Arthur Berlan a finalist in Top Chef 2, who runs the metro-retro-bistro Metropolitan on the Rue de Jouy in the 8th that was favorably mentioned by the gang at A Nous Paris and who is also present.
Next #6 is Ronan Kernan, from Top Chef 2, who runs a gastro-lounge Cote Cour in Aix-en-Provence who is most apparent in his “open kitchen” and is near another winner – Romain (Master Chef 1) who’s involved with Apero Bistrot.
Finally #7 is Gregory Cuilleron of “Un diner presque parfait” who runs Epicerie & Compagne a neo-epicerie-bistrot in Sainte-Foy-les Lyon and is present.
Then there are two, Georgiana Viou of Master Chef and Romain Tishenko of Top Chef 1 who’ve already written books – respectively, Ma Cuisine de Marseilles and Du Style dans l’Assiette.
Later news: In the JDD the next day, Aurelie Chaigneau reported that said Romain Tishenko has arrived at the 20-cover Le Galopin in the 10th (not to be confused with the larger Belle Epoque brasserie/palace in the 2nd). She rated it a 7/10.
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