Reposted from Ellen’s Wine World
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Basel has the latest addition to Switzerland’s extraordinary collection of fine wine and food locations, with chef Peter Knogl named by Gault & Millau as its Swiss Chef of the Year 2015 at awards Tuesday 7 October in Basel. Knogl heads the kitchen team at the riverfront Trois Rois five-star hotel.
His 19 points out of 20 puts him in the rarefied air of only six other Swiss chefs, and he is the first ever chef to run a hotel restaurant and to earn the top points honour.
Ed. note: some chefs, such as Didier de Courten in Sierre, head restaurants that have small hotels as an extension of the restaurant.
The 2015 Swiss Gault & Millau guides go on sale in Switzerland today: just under CHF40 and 50 for the separate French and German editions. The guide provides details on 841 restaurants. Eighty-three chefs have gained an additional point and the guide includes 70 new addresses. Twenty-six restaurants saw their points lowered.