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GaultMillau left the top three unchanged. The Hof van Cleve of chef Peter Goossens beats two Brussels restaurants into second and third place: the Comme chez Soi and the Sea Grill respectively. The Hof van Cleve achieved 19.5 points out of 20. The Brussels restaurants both managed a score of 19.
One of the surprises was the choice of Roger Van Damme as "Chef of the Year". Mr Van Damme’s restaurant, Het Gebaar in the city of Antwerp, is only open for lunch from Tuesday to Saturday. "He is the best at showing the new trends in gastronomy. He scores both with his molecular and with his traditional cuisine", Philippe Limbourg of the GaultMillau guide explains. A former patissier, Mr Van Damme scored 18 points.
The "promising talents" (or rising stars) include Thierry Thijs of the restaurant Nuance in Duffel (Antwerp province) and Damien Van Der Hoeven of the restaurant Le Coriandre in Brussels.
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