During the 2022 Hotel & Lodge Meetings & Awards ceremony in Paris, Chef Sylvestre Wahid of the restaurant Sylvestre in Courchevel received the prestigious “Chef of the Year” award.
The other nominees were:
- Chef Ettore Botrini of Angsana Corfu (Corfou)
- Chef Adrien Brunet of Crillon Le Brave (Vaucluse)
- Chef Sylvestre Wahid of Restaurant Sylvestre (Courchevel)
- Chef Aurélien Largeau of Hôtel du Palais (Biarritz)
- Chef Mateus Marangoni of Hôtel Sainte-Victoire (Vauvenargues)
- Chef Mathieu Charrois of Hôtel Intercontinental – Hôtel Dieu (Lyon)
- Chef Nicolas Sintes of Fermes de Marie (Megève)
- Cheffe Giorgiana Viou of Margaret at Hôtel Chouleur (Nîmes)
- Chefs les Frères Padron of Royal Hideaway Santa Catalina (Espagne)
- Chef Julien Dumas of Saint-James (Paris)
- Cheffe Hélène Darroze of Villa Lacoste (Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade)
- Chef Paul Stradner of Villa René Lalique (Wingen-Sur-Moder)
Other Chefs of the Year include Cheffe Hélène Darroze (2nd prize) and Chef Julien Dumas (3rd prize).