The 10 Best French Restaurants in the World
Located Outside of France
2009
This
is our sixth year that we have released our annual list of the 10 best French
restaurants in the world located outside of France. The restaurants
selected exemplify the highest dedication to consistent excellence excellence in the
cooking, and in the service associated with the very finest restaurants of
France. As with our previous lists, a special page has been built for each
of the restaurants listed. To access a page, simply click on a
restaurant name below. I thank the individual restaurants listed for the
information and photographs they have so kindly provided.
Finally, I am pleased to again thank TraveLife Magazine and all those whose input and advice made the production of the
2009 list possible. Its high quality and integrity could never have been
achieved without them.
Maurice Graham Henry
November 3, 2008
Caprice
Hong Kong, China ~ Vincent Thierry
Domaine de Châteauvieux
Satigny (Genève), Switzerland ~ Philippe Chevrier
The French Laundry
Yountville CA, USA ~ Thomas Keller
Corey Lee, Chef de Cuisine
Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse
Monte Carlo, Monaco ~ Alain Ducasse
Franck Cerutti, Chef de cuisine
L'osier
Tokyo, Japan ~ Bruno Ménard
Michel Bras Toya Japon
Toya (Hokkaido), Japan ~ Michel and Sébastien Bras
James Wilkins, Executive Chef
per se
New York NY, USA ~ Thomas Keller
Jonathan Benno, Chef de cuisine
Le Pont de Brent
Brent, Switzerland ~ Gérard Rabaey
Jerome Manifacier, second Chef
Rochat
Crissier, Switzerland ~ Philippe Rochat
Benoît Violier, Chef de cuisine
Franck Giovannini, second Chef de cuisine
Schwarzwaldstube
Baiersbronn, Germany ~ Harald Wohlfahrt
