Le Gabriel — La Réserve Paris

Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood — no meat.

Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V — the textbook for Paris haute cuisine.

Yannick Alléno's three-Michelin in a pavilion at the Champs-Élysées gardens — the sauce-extraction reference.

Three-Michelin since 1996 — the chef who taught Paris that haute cuisine could improvise.

Alain Passard's three-Michelin temple to vegetables on rue de Varenne.

Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room