The 10 Best French Restaurants in the World
Located Outside of France
  2008

This is the fifth 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 thank TraveLife Magazine and all those whose input and advice made the production of the 2008 list possible.  Its high quality and integrity could never have been achieved without them.

Maurice Graham Henry
November 1, 2007

Caprice

Hong Kong, China ~ Vincent Thierry

Domaine de Châteauvieux

Satigny (Genève), Switzerland ~ Philippe Chevrier

Joël Robuchon

Las Vegas NV, USA ~ Joël Robuchon

Claude Le-Tohic, Executive Chef

Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse

Monte Carlo, Monaco ~ Alain Ducasse

Franck Cerutti, Chef de cuisine

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

Robuchon à Galera

Macao, China ~ Joël Robuchon

Francky Semblat, Executive Chef

Rochat

Crissier, Switzerland ~ Philippe Rochat

Benoît Violier, Chef de cuisine
Franck Giovannini, second Chef de cuisine

Schwarzwaldstube

Baiersbronn, Germany ~ Harald Wohlfahrt