MOF Cuisine Finalists Announced, the Best of France’s Up-and-Coming Chefs

The Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition, which occurs every three to four years (the last was in 2015), is now in its final stages. A competition that encompasses many métiers, from leather workers to graphic designers to cheesemongers, the most well-known of the so-called MOF competions is for chefs.

After passing preliminary rounds, the finalists, who will face off in November, have just been announced, among them former Top Chef Stéphanie Le Quellec (above). Here is the complete list:

Renaud AUGIER – La Tour d’Argent, Tokyo

Jerome BANCTEL – La Reserve, Paris

Noel BERARD – Ecriture, Hong Kong

David BOYER – 110 Taillevent, Paris

Christophe CARLIER – Tetedoie, Lyon

Stéphane COLLET – Lycee hotelier Saint-Martin, Amiens

Alain DESPINOIS – Lenôtre, Plaisir

Jocelyn DEUMIE – Rougie, Japon

Arnaud FAYE – La Chevre d’Or, Eze

Fabien FERRE – Hotel du Castellet

Fabrice GENDRIER – Lenôtre, Plaisir

Guillaume GESSON – La Vague d’Or, Saint-Tropez

Aurelien GRANSAGNE – Serge Vieira, Chaudes Aigues

Mathieu GUIBERT – Anne de Bretagne, La Plaine-Sur-Mer

Fabien LAPREE – Restaurant Saisons, l’Institut Paul Bocuse a Ecully

Stephanie LE QUELLEC – Le Prince de Galles, Paris

Romain MASSET – Regis et Jacques Marcon, Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid

Thierry MECHINAUD – Pierre Gagnaire, Paris

Dominique PEPIN – Domaine des Haute-Loire, Ozain

Franck PUTELAT – La Table de Franck Putelat, Carcassonne

Pieter RIEDIJK – Flocon de Sel, Megève

Denis RIPPA – Matignon, Pars

Julien ROUCHETEAU – La Scene Theleme, Paris

Isshin SHIRAISHI – Relais Louis XIII, Paris

Mathieu SILVESTRE – La Table d’Olivier Nasti, Kaysersberg

Frédéric SIMONIN – Frederic Simonin, Paris

Nicolas SINTES – Les Fermes de Marie, Megève

Nadine VINCENT – Flocon de Sel, Megève