icon-Ticon-beneficiaryicon-cicon-coicon-oiconActivityiconAdresseiconAlimentationiconArrowBackiconArrowBottomiconArrowBottomBlack iconArrowBottomWhite iconArrowLeftBlack iconArrowLeftWhite iconArrowRightBlack iconArrowRightWhite iconArrowTopBlack iconArrowTopWhite iconAutreiconBaignoireiconBasketiconBasket2iconBasket3iconBasketGastroPlan de travail 1iconBeneficiaryiconBikeiconBookiconBookingsiconBubbleSingleiconBubbleSpeechIcon/eventscalendar iconCalendarCheckiconCalendarLightIcon/eventsiconCalendarOldiconChambreiconChampagneiconCheckOfficonCheckOniconCheckmarkiconCheficonChevronLefticonChevronRighticonClose iconCocktailPlan de travail 1iconCompteiconConciergeiconCrayon Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 iconDelete iconDestinationiconDigitalpassporticonEnfantsiconEventsexpandiconFacebookiconFavoritesiconFlecheiconFlowersiconGifticonHelp iconHistoryiconHomeiconHoteliconHouseRCiconHouseRC2iconInfosiconInstagramiconInvitationiconJaugeiconLabeliconLinkediniconListiconLiticonLiterieiconLockiconLogouticonLysRCiconLysRCLefticonLysRCRighticonMailiconMedalPlusiconMembersiconMobileiconMoodboardiconMovieiconMusiciconNewsletter iconNotesiconOffersiconPartenaireiconPatrimoineiconPhoneiconPieiconPinteresticonPlayerDeezericonPlayerSpotifyiconPlayerYoutubeiconPresentationiconPressReleaseiconPrinticonQuotesiconRefreshiconResaiconRestaurantarrow-right2 iconRightArrow2iconRoute1234iconScreeniconSearchiconServiceiconSettingiconSettingsInstagramiconSettingsLinkediniconShareiconSporticonSurfaceiconTagiconToqueiconToqueDrawingiconTrashCaniconTravelbookiconTwittericonUsericonViewListiconViewMapiconVillaiconViniconVoyageiconVoyageursiconWaiterDrawingiconWineDrawingiconXperienceIcone-veloCreated with Sketch. Icone-bateauCreated with Sketch. Icone-voitureCreated with Sketch. Icone-informationCreated with Sketch. Icone-avionCreated with Sketch. Icone-bonhommeCreated with Sketch. icon-flag_ch icon-flag_fr icon-flag_it gift icon-gift_calendar checkmark equalizer2 icon-gift_ecoffret icon-gift_ecrin icon-gift_enveloppeback-in-timeyjhjghicon-gift_help credit-card icon-gift_phone icon-gift_shop icon-gift_sphere truck user icon-gift_zoom
Discover all our Chefs
Relais & Châteaux Chef

Emmanuel Renaut

Chef - Relais & Châteaux

3 Michelin Stars 2024

Emmanuel Renaut

Flocons de Sel

Megève - France

Check hotel details

Chef Relais & Châteaux

I’m from Picardy, I travel a lot, and I am crazy about the Savoy. I created the “Flocons de Sel” in Megève 10 years ago. I trained in Paris, and started my career at Les Ambassadeurs, the restaurant of Le Crillon, with Christian Constant, as part of a team with, amongst others, Eric Fréchon and Yves Camdeborde. Then I joined Marc Veyrat at L’Auberge de l’Eridan, and was second in command to him for 7 years. This experience was broken by a spell with the maestro of the sweet, Yves Thuriès, in Cordes. After a period in London, when I was in charge of the kitchens at Claridge’s, I came back to the mountains and set up in Megève. Already MOF (Best Worker of France) and Compagnon du Tour de France, I won a second star in 2006 and a third star in 2012. Over the last two years, I have put the finishing touches to my natural habitat by setting up a cookery school, a bistrot, a hotel and a leisure centre.

How do you go about selecting your ingredients?

Once or twice a year I meet with the cheesemaker Jacques Dubouloz, winner of the 2004 MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France, “Best Craftsman of France”) award. We go into the mountains and visit the farms and pastures together. I have complete trust in him – for the rest of the year he is my “eye in the mountains.”

 

What is your Chef’s secret to preparing your star ingredient?

I don’t like to cook with cheeses – I think it’s a waste. All of the varieties in our selection are mountain pasture cheeses: Reblochon, Beaufort, Abondance, Bleu de Termignon, Tommes, etc. We present about 20 cheeses all year long, from our region and from Switzerland. In the mountains and in cheese, there are no borders…

 

Les restaurants Relais & Châteaux de Emmanuel Renaut

Flocons de Sel

  • 3 Michelin Stars 2024
  • Creative cooking
restaurant
restaurant
restaurant
IMAGINE IF EVERYTHING WAS EXACTLY HOW YOU LIKE IT: ALWAYS BE EXPECTED