Restaurants & Foodie Escapes

Olivier Samin, the starred chef of the Carré d 'Alethius in Charmes-sur-Rhône ©Pascale Cholette

Olivier Samin, the Michelin-starred chef with stars in his eyes and heart

Ten kilometers south of Valence, the gourmet restaurant Carré d'Alethius delights the palates of those who have managed to find it. For this elegant restaurant is discreet, much like its chef, Olivier Samin, who has held a Michelin star since 2014 for the establishment he runs with his wife Stéphanie.

Etienne Borde chose to work alone. Exciting but also very catchy!

Étienne Borde, the chef who wants to leave an echo

Just a few months after opening, Echo is already one of those places that gets talked about. Not through a lot of advertising or trendy hype, but because those who have been there speak about it enthusiastically afterwards, as if recounting a great discovery.

Astrid and Didier Pierre Lenaerts (on the right) are the originators of the project. Julien Montet, Benjamin and Mikoto are the heart and soul of the restaurant.

L'Âne Têtu, the Ardèche restaurant that will revolutionize your taste buds

In the heart of the green Ardèche region, in the charming village of Désaignes, one restaurant is shaking up culinary habits with as much audacity as delicacy. On the small square by the fountain, behind a beautiful stone facade, L'Âne Têtu offers an unexpected gastronomic experience: a refined, inventive, and entirely plant-based cuisine deeply rooted in its local terroir.

Bad Peterstal-Griesbach - Taste the stars with Martin

Martin Herrmann reigns over the kitchens of Relais & Château Dollenberg in the Black Forest, 40 km from Strasbourg. With his brother-in-law Meinrad Schmiederer, he wrote the beautiful story of this site in the heart of nature, from the mountain inn to the gourmet restaurant.

Vosges, the Bruckenwald farm-inn

Farmhouse season is in full swing. In the Vosges massif, hikers are happy to regain their strength in the farm inns with a warm and... tasty welcome. Short stop at Bruckenwald in the Masevaux valley, where the Iltis family delights its guests with its good traditional dishes.

Ardèche: David and the crayfish

In the heart of green Ardèche, a charming inn plunges its guests into the gourmet delights of a time when the little courtyards were rich in crayfish. David Loriol delights his guests with a soufflé of crayfish tails which has made the inn famous for four generations.

Bareiss - Stars in the eyes and on the plate

With three gourmet restaurants, the town of Baiersbronn in the Black Forest is a Mecca for gourmets. At the Bareiss, in the eponymous hotel, Claus-Peter Lumpp shines three Michelin stars and aligns 19 points in Gault-Millau. While he especially did not want to become a cook!

The inn of gourmet happiness in Sierentz

Alsace, a former coaching inn, a family of experienced restaurateurs, a harmonious team. That's it for the frame. Add to that an enthusiastic, smiling and talented young chef and you get a starred restaurant where elegance and gastronomy rhyme with joie de vivre.