Every year the GaultMillau restaurant guide names the “Chef of the Year”.  In this year’s 35th annual edition (2007), the winner is Jean-Francois Piege, the 36-year-old chef of Les Ambassadeurs in the Hotel de Crillon. 

During his career, Piege spent a few years working under chef Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athenee, and it was in 2004 that he left for Le Crillon.  In 2005 Les Ambassadeurs earned two Michelin stars.

How did other restaurants fare in the GultMillau this year?
Paris restaurants rating 19/20:
Gagnaire
Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athenee
Passard
Guy Savoy

Paris restaurants rating 18/20:
L’Ambroisie
Le Pre Catalan
Le Bristol

17/20:

Michel Rostang