Overview
- L’Ambroisie, Paris’ longest-running three-star, is the only restaurant cut from three to two stars after a 2025 chef handover from Bernard Pacaud to Shintaro Awa.
- Sébastien Bras’ Le Suquet in Laguiole is reduced from two to one star, extending a decade-long saga after his request years ago to be left out of the guide.
- Other two-to-one demotions include Le Chabichou in Courchevel and Relais de la Poste in Magescq, the latter ending a 55‑year run at two stars.
- Seventeen restaurants lose their sole star nationwide, including Helen in Paris, La Mère Germaine in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and Ô Saveurs near Toulouse.
- More than 20 formerly starred venues disappear after closures or concept changes, among them Dame de Pic and Yam’Tcha in Paris, with the full 2026 awards to be presented March 16 in Monaco.