Grand Prix de l’art de la salle – International Academy of Gastronomy

40th Anniversary of the International Academy of Gastronomy at Hôtel de Ville de Paris

Grand Prix de l'Art de la Salle

More recently created (2005) it is awarded to an individual, usually a Restaurant Manager, for the quality of the room and table settings, service, and hospitality.

2026

Mrs Inge WAELES, Restaurant Boury, Roulers (Belgium) – For her excellence at combining technical mastery and humanity to bring the art of dining to the highest level.

2024

M Mohamed BEN ABDALLAH, Etxebarri Restaurant, Bizkaia (Basque Country)

2023

José POLO, Restaurant Atrio, Cáceres (Spain) – To run the dining room with elegance, solidity and closeness, and for creating one of the best restaurant cellars in the world

2022

Josep ROCA, El Celler de Can Roca, Girona (Spain)

2020

Cédric SERVIN, Directeur de Salle du restaurant Le Clarence, Paris, France

2019

Pedro MONJE, restaurant Via Veneto, Barcelona, Spain

2018

Abel VALVERDE, Restaurant Santceloni, Madrid, Spain

2017

Will GUIDARA, restaurant Eleven Madison Park, NYC (USA)

2016

Eric BAUMARD (France), restaurant Le V, Hotel George V, Paris, (France)

2015

Jean-Marie ANCHER, Directeur du restaurant Taillevent, Paris, France.

2014

Mrs Toyoko Nakamura (Japan)

2013

Jean-Jacques CHAUVEAU, Manager restaurant “Le Pré Catelan”, Paris (France)

(2012-2013)

2011

Umberto GIRAUDO, Manager restaurant “La Pergola”, Rome Cavalieri Hilton, (Italy)

2010

Denis COURTIADE, restaurant “Alain Ducasse”, Paris (France)

2009

Diego MASCIAGA, Manager restaurant “Waterside Inn” (United Kingdom)

2008

Juli SOLER, restaurant El Bulli (Spain)

2005

Louis VILLENEUVE , restaurant de” l’Hôtel de Ville”” Crissier, (Switzeerland)