Emmanuel Renaut

Emmanuel Renaut (born 26 January 1968) is a French chef, three Michelin stars and Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 2004.

He was then hired temporarily by Marc Veyrat, head chef of the Auberge de l'Eridan in Veyrier-du-Lac, and became a sous-chef for four years.

In 1998, Emmanuel Renaut established himself in Mégève in Haute-Savoie and founded his own restaurant Flocons de sel.

In 2012, Emmanuel Renaut was named "Cooking Chef of the Year", succeeding to Jean-François Piège (2011), Gilles Goujon (2010), Éric Fréchon (2009), Yannick Alléno (2008) and Anne-Sophie Pic (2007).

The chief redactor of the Guide Michelin Juliane Caspar qualifies his style of "very subtle" and find his compositions very "surprising and harmonious".