Monte-Carlo's Festival des Étoiles ends with a ten-star dinner
Six months of four-hands dinners pairing Monaco's starred chefs with guests close on 14 November, when the resort's own kitchens cook one collective menu.
The Festival des Étoiles Monte-Carlo, a season-long run of Michelin-starred dinners staged by the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, closes with a gala at the Hôtel de Paris on 14 November.
SBM operates six restaurants in Monaco carrying ten Michelin stars between them, making the resort one of the most concentrated fine-dining addresses anywhere. The sixth edition of the festival ran from 13 May to 14 November, built around six four-hands dinners that paired a resident SBM chef with a guest from outside Monaco.
Six dinners, six pairings
SBM operates six restaurants in Monaco carrying ten Michelin stars between them.
Marcel Ravin of Blue Bay opened the season on 13 May alongside Glenn Viel of the three-starred L'Oustau de Baumanière. Dominique Lory hosted Christophe Moret of Domaine Les Crayères at Le Grill on 22 May. Yannick Alléno cooked with Gérald Passedat at Pavyllon Monte-Carlo on 13 June, then returned on 19 September at his two-starred L'Abysse Monte-Carlo alongside Martino Ruggieri. Marcel Ravin and Domenico d'Antonio built a sustainable seafood menu with Christopher Coutanceau at Elsa on 23 July. Alain Ducasse and Emmanuel Pilon closed the dinner series on 23 September at Le Louis XV, with Björn Frantzén as guest, a chef whose Stockholm restaurant has itself gone in and out of the World's 50 Best top tier this year.
One menu, every kitchen
For the closing gala in the Salle Empire, SBM drops the pairing format: its own Michelin-starred chefs cook a single collective menu together, rather than splitting the evening into courses by restaurant. Bookings run through the SBM website or by phone to each venue; the group has not published prices for the festival dinners or the gala.
The run gives Monaco's dining rooms a reason to draw outside names through the slower summer months, when the principality's calendar otherwise leans on motorsport and the casino floor rather than the kitchen. Monaco keeps no official count of how many visiting chefs it has hosted across the festival’s six editions, but SBM says the pairings are now booked out roughly a year in advance.
