島のレストラン「ラ・マリン」、ミシュラン三つ星獲得　仏

【ストラスブール（フランス）ＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの島にあるレストラン「ラ・マリン」が６日、ミシュランガイドで三つ星を獲得した。（写真は、仏ストラスブールで行われたミシュランガイドの授賞式で、三つ星獲得を喜ぶアレクサンドル・クイヨンさん）
　シェフのアレクサンドル・クイヨンさん（４７）はストラスブールで行われた授賞式に妻のセリーヌさんと出席し、「これは私たち２人のための星だ」と感極まった様子で語った。
　クイヨンさんが生み出す極上のシーフードと野菜が使われた料理を堪能するには、ビスケー湾沖に浮かぶノワールムティエ島まで行き、さらにそこから島の最端まで移動しなければならない。
　ミシュランガイドの総責任者グウェンダル・プレネック氏はＡＦＰに対し、「旅するだけの価値ある料理という完璧な例だ」と述べた。
　クイヨンさんは１９９９年、家族経営の「ラ・マリン」を継いだ。２００７年にミシュランの一つ星を、１３年に二つ星を獲得している。店内はシンプルな雰囲気で、旬の食材や地元食材を使ったメニューを提供している。近くの港に着く漁船からじかに仕入れることも多い。
　一方ミシュランガイドは先週、パリの有名レストラン「ギー・サボワ」の星を三つから二つに格下げすると発表した。シェフのサボワ氏は、全世界のレストランを対象としたレビューサイト「ラ・リスト」で、世界最高のシェフに選出されたこともある。
　フランスの三つ星レストランは２９店となった。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/08-15:49）

A restaurant tucked away in the corner of a French island won the coveted three-star ranking in the latest edition of the Michelin Guide unveiled on Monday.
La Marine is headed by 47-year-old chef Alexandre Couillon, who has not been held back by the fact that his surname means half-wit in French.
Tasting his exquisite seafood and vegetables means travelling to the small island of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay and then out to its farthest point.
It is the perfect illustration of a meal that is worth the trip, the head of the guide, Gwendal Poullennec, told AFP.
Along with his wife Celine, who handles front-of-house duties, Couillon has created an experience that is sincere and radiant, he added.
La Marine becomes one of only 29 restaurants in France to hold Michelin's top three-star ranking in the latest guide, which was unveiled in a ceremony in the eastern city of Strasbourg.
This is a star for both of us, a highly emotional Couillon told the crowd as he accepted the award alongside his wife.
Last week, Michelin made the shock announcement that Guy Savoy, repeatedly named the best chef in the world by global review aggregator La Liste, had been downgraded to two stars for his Monnaie de Paris restaurant.
The new guide saw 39 restaurants awarded a star for the first time, while four others earned a second star.
France's restaurant scene has been spreading around the country in recent years, away from its traditional hubs in Paris and Lyon.
Only seven of the newly promoted restaurants were in the greater Paris region. The Pays de la Loire had five new winners, while the northern Hauts-de-France region -- once something of a gastronomic backwater -- picked up four.
Like many of the most celebrated eateries of the moment, La Marine has a stripped-back vibe and menus that are guided by the seasons and local ingredients, much of it coming directly from the fishing boats of the port it overlooks.
Couillon took over the family restaurant in 1999. He received his first and second Michelin stars in 2007 and 2013, respectively, and was named cook of the year by a rival guide, Le Gault et Millau, in 2016.