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Jérôme Banctel, chef at Paris's Gabriel, named Gault&Millau chef of the year

Breton chef Jérôme Banctel of the Gabriel restaurant in Paris has won Gault&Millau's top title, "chef of the year 2027", after narrowly missing out in 2023.

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A chef in a white jacket working in the kitchen of a luxury Paris hotel restaurant, plating a dish of artichokes.
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Some chefs are famous on TV. Jérôme Banctel is the kind of chef other chefs talk about. On Monday 9 November, the French restaurant guide Gault&Millau named him "chef of the year 2027".

Banctel, a 54-year-old from Brittany, runs the kitchen at Gabriel, the restaurant of the luxury hotel La Réserve in Paris. He has been its executive chef since 2015, when he took over the stoves.

The award is a long time coming. It narrowly slipped away from him in November 2023, so this year's win feels like a well-earned second chance.

He is described as "very well regarded by his peers but not so well known to the general public". That may now change. Among his best-known dishes are his artichokes cooked in lime (chaux), which have earned him a loyal following among food lovers.

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