The Normand had won, in March, his third star in the Michelin Guide.
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Not content to have won in March his third star in the Michelin guide – for his restaurant La Villa Madie, in Cassis (Bouches -du -Rhône) -, Dimitri Droisneau was elected chief of the year 2022 by his peers The Le Chef’s magazine announced on Monday, September 19. This trophy results from the vote of the professionals cited in the Michelin guide, at the call of this magazine, for those who have “best represented the profession during the year 2022”.
This discreet Norman who heads the establishment with his wife, Marielle Droisneau, in theaters, was put under the spotlight on the occasion of the Michelin Guide ceremony in March. It is little present on Instagram and culinary events, and its attitude is the opposite of the majority in the environment, where media coverage and social networks are considered by most established chiefs and rising stars as an element of survival .
“A home stay”
This does not prevent connoisseurs from appreciating his kitchen. “I’m a fan, I’m going to his house with my wife when I need sensuality and calm (…). Dimitri is humility, work,” said France-Presse, in March , the Marseille chef Alexandre Mazzia, three Michelin stars and chef of 2021. “We will live a real stay at home” with a very aromatic “kitchen, a real signature, subtle and extremely impactful”, according to Gwendal Poulnennec, Director of the Michelin Guide.
Jordan Gasco, from Olivier Nasti’s restaurant (two stars), in Kaysersberg (Haut-Rhin), was devoted pastry chef of the year. Manon Bras, from the restaurant Christopher Coutanceau (three stars), in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), is the sommelier of the year, and Alicia Poupeney, of the restaurant of Jean Sulpice (two stars), in Talloires (Haute-Savoie) , obtain the price of the service 2022.