A Brussels' man "chef of the year" of the Gault & Millau 2019 winners!

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Written by Maxime de Kerchove - 06 Nov 2018, 12:34 (Updated: 16 Apr 2019, 16:58)
A Brussels' man "chef of the year" of the Gault & Millau 2019 winners!
The gourmet guide Gault & Millau unveiled yesterday at a record 16th edition the restaurants winners of the year in Belgium and Luxembourg!

The famous culinary guide Gault & Millau yesterday unveiled its 16th edition of the best establishments to eat in the flat country and Luxembourg. A record-breaking edition: more than 1400 restaurants passed under the fork (head) caudine of anonymous inspectors, more than 240 addresses listed in the guide (absolute record), more than 1200 guests present at the awards ceremony. winners.  

And it is in Brussels, that we count the most tables noticed by the small yellow book: 28 new addresses for 198 establishments.  

It is a Bruxellois who becomes the chef of the year for the 2019 edition: David Martin, head of the brewery "La Paix" in Anderlecht. More than a chef, he's really a personality, "a man of experience who knows how to be creative and daring. His inspiration comes from French, Belgian and Japanese cuisine. This intelligent and enterprising chef has offered the restaurant La Paix a new identity while showing a deep respect for the past ", explains the writing of the guide.  

Basque of origin but Brussels of adoption, this cook locavore arrived at our place already 25 years ago. Passed by many wonderful French and Belgian addresses, he has been for the past ten years at the head of the Anderlecht brewery "La Paix". Family restaurant of his wife, he managed brilliantly to redirect it to the gastronomic.  

The other gourmet restaurants in the capital noted by the guide are "La Canne en Ville" (among the discoveries of the year), "Le Tournant" (prize-pleasure of the year), "humus x hortense" (chef- vegetables of the year: Nicolas Decloedt) and "Bruneau" (Maxime Maziers, young chef honored). The head of the culinary platoon in Brussels remains the precarious "Bon-Bon" of Christophe Hardiquest (19.5 / 20) and the "Sea Grill" Yves Mattagne (18.5 / 20).

Another category of Gault & Millau greets another famous Brussels address in the making, the POP notebook. It specializes in fast food and street food but always with quality at the rendezvous. One of the three winners of this year is "My Tannour" in Ixelles and its delicious grilled meats. We can also note the brewery Bozar, new in the top gastro.

On the list, some good addresses in Brabant, not far from the capital: "Sir Kwinten" in Lennik (sommelier of the year), "Brasserie Julie" in Dilbeek (brewery of the year) and "Alain Bianchin" in Overijse which makes his arrival in the guide.  

The 2019 edition of the guide will be available this week for the modest sum of 29 euros. It is also possible to order it online on the site shop.  

Photos and sources: Gault & Millau Belux.

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