Le guide Epicure - Les Alpes 2026/2027

Journalist François Varay has traveled throughout France and Switzerland, meeting chefs in person and introducing the gastronomy of each region through his work.

In 2018, he founded Guide Epicure with the aim of bringing together the history of places and people, writing, and gastronomy. Since then, the series has explored some of France's leading gastronomic regions, presenting the chefs and restaurants that shape their culinary identity.

The fifth volume in the series focuses on the Alps, spanning both France and Switzerland.

From Savoie and Haute-Savoie to the Swiss regions of Geneva, Vaud, and Valais, the book presents 100 restaurants and 100 chefs working amid the lakes and mountains of the Alpine region.

Featured chefs include Marc Veyrat, Emmanuel Renaut, Yoann Conte, Jean Sulpice, Franck Giovannini, and Michael Arnault, among other leading figures in French and Swiss gastronomy.

Alongside three-Michelin-starred gastronomic restaurants, the book covers a wide range of establishments, from emerging young chefs and traditional regional auberges to bistros and hotels. Each chef shares their own career, philosophy, and approach to cuisine.

Around 400 photographs capture the cuisine and individual character of the featured establishments, while the book also includes 100 recipes contributed by their chefs.

More than simply a restaurant guide, this volume explores contemporary Alpine gastronomy through the chefs who live and work there, offering a journey through the culinary landscape of the mountains and lakes stretching from Savoie to Switzerland.