Special Awards Mediterranean 2023Establishment
Le Restaurant Des Rois
Julien Roucheteau
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
The terrace of La Réserve de Beaulieu bears an uncanny resemblance to Scott Fitzgerald's vision of the French Riviera in Tender is the Night, in which he describes a large and proud pink hotel surrounded by palm trees. When the night sky is lit only by the glow from Cap-Ferrat, and the sea illuminated only by spotlights from the boats, one suddenly understands what Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Fernand Lèger, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso found so inspiring on this coast.
