3. October 2023
Fascinating highlights of the MICHELIN Guide Switzerland 2023
The MICHELIN Guide Switzerland 2023 is here and brings a breath of fresh air to the Swiss gourmet landscape. The publication took place at the renowned EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne. This year’s stars are spread across 138 top-rated restaurants, including five impressive new additions with two stars.
🌟 F our three-star restaurants: The Memories, Cheval Blanc, Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville and Schloss Schauenstein confirmed their award.
🌟 Five New Two-Star Restaurants:
- The Japanese Restaurant at Hotel The Chedi, Andermatt: Under the leadership of twins Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon, this restaurant is particularly outstanding. Their culinary approach combines Japanese and European influences, which immediately earned them two MICHELIN stars. In addition, they received the Young Chef Award, sponsored by Blancpain.
- Mammertsberg in Freidorf (TG): Chef Silvio Germann, known for his previous work at IGNIV by Andreas Caminada, continues his high quality. His precise cuisine, characterized by his own ideas, was directly rewarded with two MICHELIN stars.
- L’Atelier Robuchon in Geneva (GE): Housed in the luxury hotel The Woodward, Executive Chef Olivier Jean was able to achieve two MICHELIN stars for his cuisine inspired by regional and seasonal products.
- La Table du Lausanne Palace in Lausanne (VD): Franck Prelux is responsible for this success story. Having already earned the restaurant Au Crocodile in Strasbourg a star, he now leads the restaurant at Lausanne Palace to two MICHELIN stars with a classically based, product-oriented cuisine.
- La Table du Valrose in Rougemont (VD): Patron and chef Benoît Carcenat has managed to rise from one to two MICHELIN stars within a year. Its modern-French-influenced menu impressed inspectors.
🌟 19 New one-star restaurants: From Stefan Wiesner’s alchemical natural cuisine at Wiesner Mysterion to modern-creative vegetarian cuisine at ZOE in Bern, the variety is impressive.
The following restaurants were newly awarded one star:
- ZOE, Bern (BE)
- Birdy’s by Achtien – The Nest, Brunnen (SZ)
- Osteria Enoteca Cuntitt, Castel San Pietro (TI)
- La Pinte des Mossette, Cerniat (FR)
- Au 1465, Champex-Lac (VS)
- Gilles Varone, Chandolin-près-Savièse (VS)
- Gasthaus zum Kreuz – Stübli, Dallenwil (NW)
- Gasthaus zum Kreuz – Bijou, Dallenwil (NW)
- 1910 Gourmet by Hausers, Grindelwald (BE)
- Radius by Stefan Beer, Interlaken (BE)
- Osteria dell’Enoteca, Losone (TI)
- Colonnade, Lucerne (LU)
- La Dispensa, Neuchâtel (NE)
- Hôtel de Ville, Ollon (VD)
- Wiesner Mysterion – Magic, Romoos (LU)
- Cà d’Oro, Sankt Moritz (GR)
- GERBER WYSS Restaurant, Yverdon-les-Bains (VD)
- Elmira, Zurich (ZH)
- Wöschi, Zurich (ZH)
🍃 S ustainability in focus: 33 establishments receive a MICHELIN Green Star, nine of which are newcomers.
The following restaurants have been newly awarded a MICHELIN Green Star:
- Le Tapis Rouge, Brienz (BE)
- Radius by Stefan Beer, Interlaken (BE)
- Le Maguet, Les Evouettes (VS)
- Wiesner Mysterion – Magic, Romoos (LU)
- Wiesner Mysterion – Workshop food, Romoos (LU)
- Magdalena, Schwyz (SZ)
- elmira, Zurich (ZH)
- ZOE, Bern (BE)
- Gilles Varone, Chandolin-près-Savièse (VS)
🏆 Special Awards: We would like to make a special mention of the chef duo Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon from The Japanese Restaurant for their Young Chef Award. The MICHELIN Service Award, presented by Pernod Ricard, went to Sandra Marugg Suter from the one-MICHELIN-starred Restaurant Schlüssel in Oberwil for her exceptionally warm and pleasantly personal guest service. Antoine Sicard from Maison Wenger received the MICHELIN Sommelier Award for his wine expertise.
This year confirms that Swiss gastronomy remains high-class and innovative even in difficult times.