The finalists of the Lauriers de la Gastronomie 2023
The Quebec Gastronomy Laurels are celebrating their fifth anniversary this year.
For their fifth anniversary, the Lauriers de la gastronomie québécoise received no fewer than 6,000 applications, a record! But of this number, only 95 talents have been selected as finalists and they have just been revealed.
In order to decide between these finalists selected in the 16 categories that make up the Lauriers, the some 6,000 Quebec gastronomy professionals who form the Brigade des Lauriers will have to vote. Their voices will count for half and will be completed by those of the jury composed this year of pastry chef Patrice Demers, sommelier Marie-Josée Beaudoin, Ricardo Larrivee, Claudia Doyon (mixologist of the year 2022), Dyan Solomon (Olive and Gourmando) , Fernande Ouellet (producer of the year 2021), journalist Allison Van Rassel, Danny Smiles (Le Bremner) and Chanthy Yen (former chef of Justin Trudeau).
The awards ceremony will take place May 29, during the gala evening hosted by Christian Bégin (himself nominated in two categories) and Christine Plante, founder and general manager of the Lauriers.
For the 16 categories , the named are:
Restaurant of the year
Entourages, Quebec
BEBA, Montreal
False Shepherds, Baie-Saint-Paul
Hoogan & Beaufort, Montreal
Floating Island, Montreal
La Belle Histoire, Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
Melba, Quebec
Moccione, Montreal
Monarque, Montreal
Tanière3, Quebec
Chef.fe.s of the year
Alex Bouchard, Chez Muffy, Quebec
< strong>Frédérick Boucher, Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis
Kim Côté, East Side, Kamouraska
Fisun Ercan, Bika Ferme & Kitchen, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
Junichi Ikematsu, Jun I, Montreal
Juan Lopez Luna, Alma, Montreal
Jessica Christmas, Mon Lapin Wine, Montreal
François-Emmanuel Nicol, Tanière3, Quebec
Massimo Piedimonte, Cabaret L'Enfer, Montreal
Janice Tiefenbach, Elena, Montreal
Laurel of the Public
Christian Bégin
Josée Di Stasio
Stefano Faita
Caroline Huard (Loounie Cuisine)
Normand Laprise
Helena Loureiro
Simon Mathys
Antonin Mousseau-Rivard
Geneviève O'Gleman
Colombe St-Pierre
Revelation.s of the year
Samy Benabed, Auberge Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
Arianne Faucher, Baumier Wine Bar, Piedmont
Léandre Legault-Vigneau strong>, Bocuse d'Or
Maxime Lizotte, Le Cuisinier Locavore, Quebec
Zébulon Vézina, Pâtisserie Zébulon, Montreal
< strong>Pastry Chef of the Year
Éric Champagne, ITHQ Restaurant, Montreal
Léa Godin Beauchemin< /strong>, Place Carmin, Montreal
Mathieu Janes, Chez Rioux & Pettigrew, Quebec
Olivier Potier, Chez Potier, Montreal
Rachel Parenteau and Olivier Verdot, Pâtisserie Chouquette, Quebec
Baker.st of the year
François Borderon, Borderon et fils, Quebec
Fabien Demandolx, Racines boulangerie fermière, L’Isle-Verte
Maxime Deslandes, Country Wheat, Montreal
Martin Falardeau, La Meunerie Urbaine, Montreal
Jeffrey Finkelstein, Hof Kelsten, Montreal
Sommelier.ère of the year
Caroline Beaulieu, Legend, Quebec
Lindsay Brennan, Alma, Montreal
Nikolas Da Fonseca, Wine Wine Wine, Montreal
Hugo Duchesne, Hoogan & Beaufort, Montreal
Vincent Laniel, Candide, Montreal
Mixologist or Bartender of the Year
Max Coubès, Ubald Distillery, Saint-Ubalde
Daphnee Vary Deshaies, A5 Hospitality
Maximilien Jean, Cloakroom Bar, Montreal
Jean-François Laurence, Legend, Quebec
Julien Vézina, Honō Izakaya , Quebec
Best Service Award
Mélanie Blanchette, Place Carmin, Montreal
Roxan Bourdelais< /strong>, Lair3, Quebec
Perle Morency, East Side, Kamouraska
Marie-Ève Savard Brulotte, Candide, Montreal
Dave St-Yves, Buvette Scott , Quebec
Brewer, Winemaker or Beverage Producer of the Year
Geneviève Blais, Mathieu Fleury, Amélie-Kim Boulianne and Michaël Côté, La Société Secrète Distillery, Cap-d'Espoir
Jessica Côté and Ève-Marie Gravel, KWE Cocktails, Alma
Samuel Lavoie, Le Raku Farm, Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska
Simon Naud and Steve Beauséjour, La Bauge Vineyard, Brigham
Bastien Poulain strong>, 1642, Montreal
Producer of the Year
Élisabethe Arseneau, Gérald Arseneau, Joëlle Arseneau and Nicole Maheux, Alcyon sea salt, Havre-aux-Maisons
Sarah Hui and Gert Janssens, Ferme d'Orée, Cookshire-Eaton
Emmanuel Sandt-Duguay and Guillaume Werstink, Chasse-Marée, Rimouski
Caroline Tardif, Fromagerie Ruban Bleu, Mercier
Stéphanie Wang, Le Rizen , Frelighsburg
Artisans of the Year
Christine Blais, Palette de Bine, Mont-Tremblant
Pierre-Olivier Canuel, La Fermenterie du Père Canuel, St-Valérien-de-Rimouski
Pascal Hudon, Pascal the butcher, Montreal
Jean -Simon Petit, La Ferme des Quatre-Temps, Hemmingford
Alexandre Séguin, Café Pista, Montreal
Company or initiative of the year
The 100% Local Challenge by the TCBQ
La Table Ronde
La Transformerie
Mange ton Saint-Laurent
Remise en Place
Outreach Award of culinary culture
Christian Bégin
Élisabeth Cardin
Restaurant La Traite
Mordu
Samuel Sirois, Léandre Legault-Vigneau and Gilles Herzog, Équipe Bocuse d' Gold Canada
Event of the Year
Bubbles, Whiskey & Gastronomy
The Harvest Festival
La Clé des Champs de Dunham
Pop-up of Brome-Missisquoi farms and restaurants
Yatai MTL
Gastronomic tourism award< /strong>
Restaurant La Traite, Wendake
Cassis and Melissa, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Cassis Monna & Girls, Saint-Pierre
Le Fumoir d'Antan, Havre-aux-Maisons
“Flavours of Chinatown” sightseeing tours by Victor Yu, Montreal
