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 Once again it's time for the publication of the Guide Rouge, at the same time as the New Year's neverending question: who has managed to do the impossible this time?
For the 2009 edition, the hundredth for the Guide Michelin, a very young chef from Valence was awarded the much-coveted star. Not even thirty years old, Baptiste Poinot, of Flaveurs, has shown his talent at the greatest: Anne-sophie Pic, Robuchon and the Pourcel brothers. Produce from the immediate proximity, an inclination to cook at low temperatures and, without the slightest hesitation, audacious blendings of borage (starflowers) and lobster, of strawberries and olive oil, of basil and vinegar. And what can be said about the incredible sucette au foie gras de canard? Proof, were there still a need for it, that merit doesn't depend on age! The other happy winner this year: Ljichi Masashai, who came from Japan a decade ago and who works at La Cachette, a little restaurant that is so well hidden in the heart of the old city of Valence that it exemplifies its name. Lots from the region, enormously imaginative: cod preserved with fennel, caramelised tomatoes for a price that's still sweet. Two new little places to discover before the stampede!
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